Very Poor Water Pressure - Water Pump?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Hi guys,

We have very poor water pressure in the house.

It's a two storey, 3 bed semi-d, less than 10 years old. The two showers are near useless as there is only a trickle of water coming from them.

I was thinking of having a small domestic water pump installed to provide enough pressure. Good idea or bad idea?
Is there any other solutions I should be looking at?

Any comments or recommendations would be great.

Thanks, BN

gdavis

it may be a case of simply raising water tank in attic and small bit of pipe alteration.is tank sitting on joists in attic or is it raised,and if so is there room to raise it further?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

We'll only be able to raise the tank in the attic at most by about 1 ft. We have fairly high ceilings and the attic is very small.

corkgsxr

mains water bad or cold and hot in rest of house?

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Mains water isn't great at all. Cold/Hot water around house is terrible.

LIFFY FISHING

Put a good brass body 2 bar twin impeller pump on the hot and cold supplies in your hot press n you wont look back, suggest a stuart turner 2 bar twin.

corkgsxr

Or grundfos there slighty cheaper every bit as good

Dtp79

LIFFY FISHING wrote: »

Put a good brass body 2 bar twin impeller pump on the hot and cold supplies in your hot press n you wont look back, suggest a stuart turner 2 bar twin.

Try not have the pump feeding the toilets if possible.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Thanks for comments.

Are these pumps noisey?

Also, why not connect the pump to the toilets?

blindsider

Nothing as bad a a poor shower in cold weather! Brrr!

Pumps can be a bit noisy, so think about where you put it, and see about some insulation etc to dampen the noise if you can. Anything that makes even a small difference will be worth it.

Pumping water to the toilets isn't really necessary - unless the cisterns are very slow to fill and you've a busy house. Also, if you flush the toilet at night, the pump will kick in and possibly disturb sleep in a quiet house

TPM

blindsider wrote: »

Nothing as bad a a poor shower in cold weather! Brrr!

Pumps can be a bit noisy, so think about where you put it, and see about some insulation etc to dampen the noise if you can. Anything that makes even a small difference will be worth it.

Pumping water to the toilets isn't really necessary - unless the cisterns are very slow to fill and you've a busy house. Also, if you flush the toilet at night, the pump will kick in and possibly disturb sleep in a quiet house

They can be noisy alright.
If you dont connect it to the toilets it isnt goint to make any difference at night because the pump will still cut in when you wasn your hands.

I have seen pumps on timers so they dont run in the middle or the night. when the pump is off the system works as a gravity system

blindsider

TPM wrote: »

They can be noisy alright.
If you dont connect it to the toilets it isnt goint to make any difference at night because the pump will still cut in when you wasn your hands.

I have seen pumps on timers so they dont run in the middle or the night. when the pump is off the system works as a gravity system

Good idea!

Dtp79

blindsider wrote: »

Good idea!

Good idea!

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

The timer is a great idea. I'll look into that alright.

Last question, to get the work done should I just contact any local plumber?
Would it be better if I bought the pump myself? The problem is that I don't really have any idea about plumbing. Even looking at the pumps, they mention negative or positive heads etc. way over my head.

Basically, I'd be looking for someone to take a look at the system as it is now and recommend whatever needs to be done to increase the water pressure (within reason).

TPM wrote: »

They can be noisy alright.
If you dont connect it to the toilets it isnt goint to make any difference at night because the pump will still cut in when you wasn your hands.

I have seen pumps on timers so they dont run in the middle or the night. when the pump is off the system works as a gravity system

blindsider

I'd ask around and get a recommendation from friends/family/neighbours etc for a good plumber.