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pump on a shower

  • 13-09-2013 9:27am
    #1
    chprt
    Registered Users Posts: 573 ✭✭✭


    folks can I ask

    Why do you need a pump on a shower these days - when I was growing up we had the cylinder outside the bathroom in the hot press and the shower in the bathroom, all on the same floor and it worked fine

    we are gettin a new bathroom and the lad doing it, who is a very good mate of mine, says its best to put a pump in for the shower, I was just wondering why that is the case these days when the cylinder is on the same floor as the show etc same as my parents house

    the shower will be fed from a 300L cylinder thats connected to a solar panel and back up is a wood buring stove.

    I under stand that the prerssure from the tank in the attic drives the water out of the cylinder towards the shower, but I just dont understand why I need a pump when it worked fine in all the older houses


    cheers paddy

    www.onlinemathsgrinds.ie



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  • #2
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    A pump is not an absolute requirement, but some sink and bath taps, and certain shower valves will not work effectively with normal gravity from the attic tank, especially if its located just above the bathroom.
    Check which taps have been fitted and what their pressure requirments are.
    See how they operate on gravity flow alone, your plumber should be able to set things so you can easily fit a pump later if you wish.


  • #3
    scudo2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,008 ✭✭✭scudo2


    K.Flyer wrote: »
    A pump is not an absolute requirement, but some sink and bath taps, and certain shower valves will not work effectively with normal gravity from the attic tank, especially if its located just above the bathroom.
    Check which taps have been fitted and what their pressure requirments are.
    See how they operate on gravity flow alone, your plumber should be able to set things so you can easily fit a pump later if you wish.
    Totaly agree with above.

    Years ago we liked a car that moved.
    Now a days we like turbo !!


  • #4
    chprt
    Registered Users Posts: 573 ✭✭✭chprt


    thanks lads

    www.onlinemathsgrinds.ie



  • #5
    Laodach
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Laodach


    Years ago when you were younger, you were also shorter!
    Less pressure required!
    Just saying is all!!!


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