Recommendations for a Water Pressure Pump

Bugatti

I'm planning to buy a water pressure pump for my house. It'll be connected with 2 mixer showers. 1 is a standard shower head and the other is a dual rainforest shower. I know some pumps can be very loud (and that some of the noise can be reduced by the way its installed). So I'm looking for recommendations for a pump that is good quality, produces a powerful flow of water and if possible not too loud! Any have any suggestions?

K.Flyer

Is this part of a new project, or retro fitting into an existing system?

Bugatti

It's a new build (well almost completed). The necessary pipework is in place going from the bathroom and en-suite to the hotpress. But I have yet to purchase the 2 showers.

K.Flyer

It really depends on how your system is being set up by the plumber, is the entire plumbing system pressurised from a single pump?
You will need to ask you plumber do you require a twin impeller pump, or a single feed pump.

Bugatti

No, the entire system won't be pressurised from the pump. The pump I want will only be supplying the 2 showers. Everything else is just feeding off the standard system. The house is part of a development but the contractors don't install pressure pumps. I wanted mixer showers and a pump so I got them to add the extra pipes to allow me to do this. Once the house is handed over I'll be getting the pump myself and getting a different plumber in to fit the pump and showers.

K.Flyer

The rain fall shower is going to require a lot of water to be any way effective, otherwise it will be no better than a decent ordinary shower head.
Stuart Turner would be my first choice, with preference towards 3 bar on account of the rain fall head.
You should also ensure the size of the cold water storage and the hot water cylinder will be able to cater for demand.

John.G

Bugatti wrote: »

No, the entire system won't be pressurised from the pump. The pump I want will only be supplying the 2 showers. Everything else is just feeding off the standard system. The house is part of a development but the contractors don't install pressure pumps. I wanted mixer showers and a pump so I got them to add the extra pipes to allow me to do this. Once the house is handed over I'll be getting the pump myself and getting a different plumber in to fit the pump and showers.

Running 1 shower only, the 3 Bar Pump will give 20 LPM (10 LPM from each end) at 2.5 Bar Pump pressure, the 4 Bar Pump will give that flow rate at3.5Bar.
Running both showers together, the 3 Bar Pump will give 40 LPM (20 LPM from each end) at 2.0 Bar Pump pressure, the 4 Bar Pump will give that flow rate at 2.8 Bar.
Looking at that, the 3 Bar Pump would probably meet your requirements, as suggested above. I certainly wouldn't advise going for a lower head pump.

http://www.stuart-turner.co.uk/media/3939-Performance-Monsoon-Standard-Twins.pdf