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What are the members experience with shower pumps please?
We are in a Victorian terrace fed through lead pipes with low pressure.
To cut a long story short, when our combi boiler died about 12 years ago and it was too expensive to fit a condensing boiler - location and pipework all had to change. We went down the wood fired stove, back boiler and immersion heater tank with a large cold water tank in the roof route. This has worked well and no problems.
At the same time as the electric shower upstairs was struggling with the pressure, I made the cold water to the bathroom gravity fed (from the new cold water tank) and used a pumped shower (Triton Ts80i Pumped). It has stopped working twice, on both occasions a replacement of the carbon brushes did the trick. This time I've replaced the brushes, but the commutator is so worn it looks like a new motor is required at £134!!!
So, I have a shower pump sitting in the garage (as you do) and I was contemplating using that to feed the hot and cold water to the bathroom and fitting a thermostatic valve.
BUT
The piping to the bathroom is all 15mm and 22mm is recommended. I know it wont have the same output pressure if fed by 15mm rather than 22mm, but how noticeable is it? Does anyone have any experience of doing this? After all the pumped shower is better than the mains pressure we have, but only just!
Fitting 22mm is not that practicable, the space I have to fit any new pipes is quite restrictive.
Also how noisy are the pumps? I can fit it in the airing cupboard (may be a squeeze and also in my daughters bedroom) or possibly under the bath.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Peter
We are in a Victorian terrace fed through lead pipes with low pressure.
To cut a long story short, when our combi boiler died about 12 years ago and it was too expensive to fit a condensing boiler - location and pipework all had to change. We went down the wood fired stove, back boiler and immersion heater tank with a large cold water tank in the roof route. This has worked well and no problems.
At the same time as the electric shower upstairs was struggling with the pressure, I made the cold water to the bathroom gravity fed (from the new cold water tank) and used a pumped shower (Triton Ts80i Pumped). It has stopped working twice, on both occasions a replacement of the carbon brushes did the trick. This time I've replaced the brushes, but the commutator is so worn it looks like a new motor is required at £134!!!
So, I have a shower pump sitting in the garage (as you do) and I was contemplating using that to feed the hot and cold water to the bathroom and fitting a thermostatic valve.
BUT
The piping to the bathroom is all 15mm and 22mm is recommended. I know it wont have the same output pressure if fed by 15mm rather than 22mm, but how noticeable is it? Does anyone have any experience of doing this? After all the pumped shower is better than the mains pressure we have, but only just!
Fitting 22mm is not that practicable, the space I have to fit any new pipes is quite restrictive.
Also how noisy are the pumps? I can fit it in the airing cupboard (may be a squeeze and also in my daughters bedroom) or possibly under the bath.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Peter