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stevesuzuki
Hi all,
I am sure that this has been done to death on here but will try and keep it brief, and if I have posted this in the wrong section I do appologise.
I had the single tap system on my bath and decided to change it for a mixer/shower tap. I brought the basin taps as part of the package so as they would all match. Being a printer I was not aware things like water pressure etc as the old taps worked fine why should the new mixer taps not work? Well I got the taps installed and flexi hoses were used and these taps have the " new " disc technology apparently which means only a 1/4 of a turn is needed.
The taps and shower attachment look great but the only snag is the water coming out is about 60% slower than it was. It matters not whether I have just the hot water coming out or the cold water, it is still slow and takes around 30 minutes to fill a bath if not a bit longer. I have a three bed roomed house where the bath room is on the ground level and the cold water tank is in the loft and the hot water tank is in my bedroom which is on the second floor. I contacted the company I brought them from and they stated that I have brought the wrong taps as these are not for a gravity fed system, but no mention of that on the listing description from where I brought them. :banghead:
I obviously have spent a good sum of money and now they are saying I should have brought so and so mixer taps, but will also have to buy new basin taps which is going to cost me an additional £150 plus fitting. The person that fitted them states he has never had this happen before and wonders if changing the valves in these new taps will do the trick as a cheaper solution. No way is it worth getting a pump installed. So is there anyway of increasing the flow rate without getting new taps, or have I made a serious mistake?
I would really appreciate a bit of much needed advice on this, as it has already cost me a lot of money and it seems all to no avail.Any help would be most welcome.
Thanks
I am sure that this has been done to death on here but will try and keep it brief, and if I have posted this in the wrong section I do appologise.
I had the single tap system on my bath and decided to change it for a mixer/shower tap. I brought the basin taps as part of the package so as they would all match. Being a printer I was not aware things like water pressure etc as the old taps worked fine why should the new mixer taps not work? Well I got the taps installed and flexi hoses were used and these taps have the " new " disc technology apparently which means only a 1/4 of a turn is needed.
The taps and shower attachment look great but the only snag is the water coming out is about 60% slower than it was. It matters not whether I have just the hot water coming out or the cold water, it is still slow and takes around 30 minutes to fill a bath if not a bit longer. I have a three bed roomed house where the bath room is on the ground level and the cold water tank is in the loft and the hot water tank is in my bedroom which is on the second floor. I contacted the company I brought them from and they stated that I have brought the wrong taps as these are not for a gravity fed system, but no mention of that on the listing description from where I brought them. :banghead:
I obviously have spent a good sum of money and now they are saying I should have brought so and so mixer taps, but will also have to buy new basin taps which is going to cost me an additional £150 plus fitting. The person that fitted them states he has never had this happen before and wonders if changing the valves in these new taps will do the trick as a cheaper solution. No way is it worth getting a pump installed. So is there anyway of increasing the flow rate without getting new taps, or have I made a serious mistake?
I would really appreciate a bit of much needed advice on this, as it has already cost me a lot of money and it seems all to no avail.Any help would be most welcome.
Thanks
