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Hotpress pump in place of power showers

  • 30-06-2019 5:14pm
    #1
    complicit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭


    Hi guys ,
    I have just moved back to Ireland from UK where I have always had combi boilers and good mains pressure .
    My new house in Ireland has the low pressure gravity system of cold water tank in attic , hot water cylinder in hotpress . There are 2 showers upstairs and one downstairs , all of which have individual power shower pumps .
    2 of there need replacing , and I am unhappy with the low pressure at the taps , toilets etc . I would prefer for everything to have better pressure so I can have proper mixer taps and thermostatic rain head showers .
    I was thinking I could add a large pump to the system in the hotpress , would this work ?
    Thanks in advance for your replies .


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Adding a pump to the hot & cold in the hot press will work but it would most likely be a big job to isolate the showers from the basins and toilets. If you are happy to pressurise everything then it's a reasonably simple job to install the pump. You can always have the pump on a timer so it will not kick in at 4am if someone flushes the toilet


  • #3
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,059 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Adding a pump to the hot & cold in the hot press will work but it would most likely be a big job to isolate the showers from the basins and toilets. If you are happy to pressurise everything then it's a reasonably simple job to install the pump. You can always have the pump on a timer so it will not kick in at 4am if someone flushes the toilet

    We have a pump in the hotpress . Don't ask me, but it has no effect on any other supply i.e. sinks etc. downstairs or up. Great pressure Tbar 3 I think. could be wrong but is isolated to the pumped shower in the bathroom.

    Sigh.... we only have one bathroom so we are useless!


  • #4
    shane b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭shane b


    I live in a dormer and all our water is pumped via a 4 bar pump. Our hot water cylinder is stainless steel not copper something to do with a copper tank would by able to cope with the pressure from the pump.
    I'm sure it could done but I would get some plumbers to quote as it may not be that straight forward


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