shower problem

[losaki]

installed a shower thermostat but did not give it it's own separate supply, ie hot and cold from the tanks, it is gravity fed.
Can i connect a pump to the system?

 

[Gray0689]

You can but will have to pump all of house not just shower

 

[Phil]

Let me guess, you've plumbed it the 'lazy' way, you are unhappy with its performance and now want to try a pump to improve matters?

You would have to give it dedicated feeds for a shower pump or it could give you problems.

I say could because I saw a Salamander pump recently that was plumbed about as wrong as you could possibly do it but it had run as sweet as a nut for 3 years.

 

[Dannypipe]

Let me guess, you've plumbed it the 'lazy' way, you are unhappy with its performance and now want to try a pump to improve matters?

You would have to give it dedicated feeds for a shower pump or it could give you problems.

I say could because I saw a Salamander pump recently that was plumbed about as wrong as you could possibly do it but it had run as sweet as a nut for 3 years.

Yeah, I've come across the same thing a few times. Pumps that should never work, plumbed badly yet doing a cracking job and causing no problems!

 

[losaki]

i know what you're saying about pumping the whole house ,what if you isolated it with a switch and turned it off each time when not in use,would the water still flow through the pump?

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

well its against Manufacturers instructions so warranty flies out the window, having its own dedicated supply ensure enough water regardless of any other aplliances being turned

I afraid to tell you that you will need to replumb it and have it done professionally

 

[Puddle]

Could try one of these

Booster Pumps — T40i — Triton Showers for the Homeowner


Or think salamander or nu team do a small variable speed pump you could fit inline and turn flow down,not good practice though and forget about warrantee but could last years