Hello guys, just joined and looking for some help/advice please
The water supply pressure at my house is 6.5 bar and it is causing a dribble from a recently installed shower valve. I would like to reduce the pressure to, say 4 bar. I have bought a WIGIG pressure reducing valve which I intend to fit to the water supply pipe. The system installed to the house is a thermal store system so, after the valve, it is essentially a closed system when all taps etc are turned off. I would welcome any advice or tips, particularly regarding the closed part of the system part of which will pass through the thermal store heat exchanger. I don't know if the pressure reducing valve will allow backflow so as the water warms up and expands, is this likely to be a problem e.g. could there be a catastrophic pressure buildup? I could fit a small diaphragm valve to the system to account for this and also help cushion the flow. Advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
The water supply pressure at my house is 6.5 bar and it is causing a dribble from a recently installed shower valve. I would like to reduce the pressure to, say 4 bar. I have bought a WIGIG pressure reducing valve which I intend to fit to the water supply pipe. The system installed to the house is a thermal store system so, after the valve, it is essentially a closed system when all taps etc are turned off. I would welcome any advice or tips, particularly regarding the closed part of the system part of which will pass through the thermal store heat exchanger. I don't know if the pressure reducing valve will allow backflow so as the water warms up and expands, is this likely to be a problem e.g. could there be a catastrophic pressure buildup? I could fit a small diaphragm valve to the system to account for this and also help cushion the flow. Advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.