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electric shower / pump options

  • 04-08-2015 11:38am
    #1
    MuffinsDa
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    I live in an old house which has been extended over time and has very peculiar plumbing - showers and tanks are laid out as follows:

    Ground floor:
    Bathroom 1 - 1 x electric shower
    First Floor:
    Bathroom 2 - Hot Water Storage Tank + 1 x bath + 1 x electric shower (currently with a broken heating element I think)
    Bathroom 3 - 1 x electric Shower
    Second Floor:
    Bathroom 4 - 1 x Bath + 1 x unpressurised, non electric shower attachment
    Attic: Cold water storage tanks

    I am thinking of renovating and fixing a few of these things but I am confused about a few things:

    1. How does the hot water even reach the second floor considering that the tank is on first floor and there is no pump? Am I missing some basic physics here?

    2. The electric shower in bathroom 2 (mira elite 2) does not heat water anymore, only the pump works. Is that a heating element gone, and is it worth fixing (see question 3 in conjunction with this).

    3. If I wanted to get proper shower pressure in bathroom 4 (second floor) should I think of getting a shower pump, or an ordinary electric shower? If I get a shower pump can I run all showers from it and get rid of electric showers then?

    Any help/advice greatly appreciated. If you are a tradesman and want to offer service feel free to PM me as well.


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