We have a combi bolier fitted and the hot water pressure is abysmal. United Utilities have tested the water supply and confirmed that the pressure is 2.5 bar and the flow rate is 16 litres per minute. If you turn atap on downstairs, flush the toilet or use the washing machine, the flow to the...
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I have an open vented gravity fed system and had a leaking tap on my bathroom sink so decided to replace both while I was at it. I turned off the valve to the immersion heater and ran the taps until nothing came out and just replaced the innards of both taps like for like and put...
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Hi Guys
would somebody be kind enough to advise what the best way is to increase the hot water pressure from the shower please? we have a conventional boiler setup.
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Hi everyone, ive just moved into a place and the cold water pressure both upstairs and downstairs is immense to the point where the pipes bang and the hot water pressure upstairs is virtually non existent but fine downstairs. My question is, can I buy a pump to increase the pressure of the hot...
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i hope someone can give me an advise on the issue that I'm currently facing, my property is a new build and its just 3 years old, the house came fitted with megaflow eco solar 300si, its an unvented cylinder which works with both boiler and solar panel.
The issue that I'm facing is the hot...
I have an old Firebird oil boiler (cant find the number) that works fine until the water pipes 'clonk' and then the hot water pressure drops. I switch the tap off and on again it works for a while until the 'clonk'. The cold water pressure is fairly high (normal) but when I reduce it to stop the...
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I am at a complete loss. I have lived in my flat for 2 years, it is on the third floor of a 4 floor block containing a total of 13 flats and my water pressure has always been low, since day 1 of moving in i have not been able to have a shower without the hot water cutting out and going...
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I am at a complete loss. I have lived in my flat for 2 years, it is on the third floor of a 4 floor block containing a total of 13 flats and my water pressure has always been low, since day 1 of moving in i have not been able to have a shower without the hot water cutting out and...
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I live in a modern top (third) floor flat in an all electric building. Heating is night storage and hot water provided by a vented 130 litre cylinder with immersion heater located in the hall cupboard. Shower is electric through flow above the bath direct off the mains which works OK.
Hot is...
hello could someone give me some advice please
i have just installed new sink taps kitchen
and new basin taps for bathroom for a cousin
they live on a ( chalet site )
the cold water pressure is very good so good i have only turned a little on
but the hot water taps are very poor the water...
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I raised this subject a couple of days ago as a guest but was asked to register so now I have.
My problem is that I have a 4 storey house with an unvented hot water tank at the bottom of the house with a pressure limiting valve set at manufacturer recommended 2.1 bar. So at the top of the...
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This 4 storey house has an unvented hot water tank at the bottom of the house with a pressure limiting valve set at manufacturer recommended 2.1 bar. So at the top of the house the pressure is only about 1 bar with a flow of about 3 litres/min which gives a pretty poor shower, plus the fact that...
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Hi guys, this system is in a 2 storey apartment with cylinder upstairs. It is the type of cylinder with the f and e tank built in so no header pressure. Bathroom is on same level and the hot water pressure is low at the bath and non existent at the sink. At this point I am unsure of the routing...
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im new to the forum so please bear with.
I have recently purchased my first house and have very low hot water pressure upstairs.
My system is a electric hot water cylinder with single immersion located in one of the bedrooms. There is no gas in the village and no storage for oil...
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just a a quick background, hot water used to take a long time to come through.
while doing bathroom, found this to be because boiler 15mm hot water outlet was T'd into original 22mm pipe from when it was a gravity system.
all 22mm pipe replaced for 15mm and piped directly back to...
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Hi folks, after some advice. I'm refurbishing a ground floor flat that has a hot water tank in a cupboard. Not a great deal of height and it gravity feeds the bath, wash basin and sink. Bath and basin seem ok as they are quite low. But I've fitted a new kitchen and the flow from the sink mixer...
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I have a low hot water pressure, when using more than 1 outlet.
My system set up is as follows:
Arison e-system boiler
Santon Unvented indirect cylinder
Flamco airfix P 100l
Aqua system pv 18l
I have checked the pressure in my Aquasystem...
Hi all. Got a job on and hw is gravity fed. Renewed bathroom but we had to take the hot into the basement and bring it back up into bathroom (couldn't avoid it really) and cylinder is in the attic but since doing so the pressure has worsened so much so that new mixer shower won't work. Would...
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Hi hope someone can help. Got this ideal isar he24 combi that delivers just a trickle of hot water to all outlets.
First I checked the filter on the cold inlet valve and that was clear. Then I thought, new heat exchanger time. But it was changed in November.
any ideas would be appreciated...
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