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I'm in the final stages of finishing my house refurbishment and just switching on the water after a full re-plumb.
I went for the option of installing a combi-boiler to do away with the hot water cylinder and attic water tank.
However it's looking like the incoming water pressure is too low. The shower is barely ok when switched on full, but if you flush both toilets, the shower goes back to a trickle for 10 minutes.
The plumber installed an outside tap beside the boiler house which comes off the mains supply before the mains goes into the boiler. If I turn on this tap whilst running the shower indoors, the boiler effectively turns off. The outside tap pressure seems great though.
The details are as follows:
2 bed mid terrace, Dublin 8
Natural Gas connected
Underfloor heating downstairs.
Dishwasher, washing machine, kitchen taps to be connected.
2 toilets, one upstairs and one downstairs with wash hand basins
Aqualisa iLux Digital shower and bath filler.
Sargon 30 combination boiler
4 radiators
The heating system hasn't been tested yet.
My questions are:
How can I get the water pressure increased?
Is it possible to pump the mains pressure coming in?
If I put a tank in the attic would that be sufficient?
Could I still drink the water from the tank if I put it in?
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
I went for the option of installing a combi-boiler to do away with the hot water cylinder and attic water tank.
However it's looking like the incoming water pressure is too low. The shower is barely ok when switched on full, but if you flush both toilets, the shower goes back to a trickle for 10 minutes.
The plumber installed an outside tap beside the boiler house which comes off the mains supply before the mains goes into the boiler. If I turn on this tap whilst running the shower indoors, the boiler effectively turns off. The outside tap pressure seems great though.
The details are as follows:
2 bed mid terrace, Dublin 8
Natural Gas connected
Underfloor heating downstairs.
Dishwasher, washing machine, kitchen taps to be connected.
2 toilets, one upstairs and one downstairs with wash hand basins
Aqualisa iLux Digital shower and bath filler.
Sargon 30 combination boiler
4 radiators
The heating system hasn't been tested yet.
My questions are:
How can I get the water pressure increased?
Is it possible to pump the mains pressure coming in?
If I put a tank in the attic would that be sufficient?
Could I still drink the water from the tank if I put it in?
Thanks for taking the time to read this!