Essex Flange for a Shower Pump

[Ben-gee]

Yes, sorry Best you’re right. Just I like to cut a nice tight hole if at all possible to get better coverage on the washers.

 

[Best]

Yes, sorry Best you’re right. Just I like to cut a nice tight hole if at all possible to get better coverage on the washers.

I used to just fit brass tank fittings.
Far superior job, tight fit hole in cylinder and no rubber washers. Much cheaper too!
Used to fit 15mm tank fittings for return connection to Willis Immersion heaters (you probably won’t have heard of them)
Prefer to buy cylinders with extra bosses now.
And the 1/2” drain tapping doubles up for Willis pipe

 

[Ben-gee]

External immersion feeds back into top of cylinder, never seen one in ‘real life’ though.
If a new cylinder, our merchants do gledhill who will make up to your exact requirements- a god send when replacing in a tight space (the old - put cylinder and pipe work, then build cupboard too tight- six the next plumber).
You can have as many bosses of chosen size precisely where you want! It’s a great service, have had it next day.

 

[Best]

External immersion feeds back into top of cylinder, never seen one in ‘real life’ though.
If a new cylinder, our merchants do gledhill who will make up to your exact requirements- a god send when replacing in a tight space (the old - put cylinder and pipe work, then build cupboard too tight- six the next plumber).
You can have as many bosses of chosen size precisely where you want! It’s a great service, have had it next day.

Yes, a lot of copper cylinder manufacturers do “specials”.
Very handy in a tight space, as you say and well worth the effort to survey the job and make it easy for yourself later.

The Willis heaters use a 3kw (usually) 11” element. Save money because you can have a small amount of very hot water in a couple of minutes. It was invented in NI and very common here

 

[rpm]

I want to install an Essex Flange to the cylinder for a shower pump. ............

(My edit)

Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks very much in advance!! (Sorry for sending PMs of this to a few guys!! My first time using this!)

No worries about the PM as a newbie, far better off posting it here and getting replies plus you learnt a valuable lesson, Shaun the mod will read, edit or delete PM`s as he see`s fit being Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Enjoy the forum.

 

[Jonplumb]

No worries about the PM as a newbie, far better off posting it here and getting replies plus you learnt a valuable lesson, Shaun the mod will read, edit or delete PM`s as he see`s fit being Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Enjoy the forum.

Thanks!

 

[Jonplumb]

Top of the cylinder is a pain and is 20 inches below ceiling slab as cylinder is raised off the floor.

I was going to use this set up. Probably insane but is it a possibility? Pipe on the left of the set up to go into the cylinder is this one:


Connection would be in this handy area just below the seam.
Don't mind drilling the hole. Only concern is the compression fittiing on the inside. Is it doable, possible, madness??
Thanks!

 

[Best]

Looks easy enough just to use a Warix flange to top of cylinder!
Loads of space

 

[Jonplumb]

Looks easy enough just to use a Warix flange to top of cylinder!
Loads of space

Great. That would be way handier then. No messing with loads of connections. Cheers!

 

[Jim Goodenough]

All interesting stuff...
Recently I was asked to survey a job to check whether a positive or negative head pump was required for a shower installation job required, ... this is what I found!