Shower advice please, please help

[Mickster]

Hi,

I have just moved into a house with a shower cubible in an en-suite. Having never owned a shower before i need some advice.

The water from the shower comes out very slow even when turned on a full power, it is a mixer type system and the water tank is in th attic.

What can i do to improve the pressure?

I have heard of the pumps which can be brought but i have also seen shower unit with those spray / mister nozzles on it in Homebase, th unit says there is no need for an additional pump and has a flow rat of 12 litres per minute - is this a good flow rate?

Will this type of system suffice without an additioanl pump

-- Mickster

[Andy Burns]

Either raise the water tank in the loft on substantial stilts to provide extra head, fit a (twin impellor?) shower pump near base of hot water tank, or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold water from rising main.

A different nozzle probably won't make much difference, it'll still feel like standing under a couple of dribbly Jif Lemons ;-)

[BigWallop]

Do you know if there is a pump on the shower system already? It might be a pump that needs switched on somewhere before you get you get the proper flow you want at the shower head. If your new home has been empty for a while before you moved in, then the electrics may have been switched for safety reasons.

Have a look around the airing cupboards and things to see if you can see a switch in the "Off" position. It might be near to the hot water tank if you have one.

[Blair Malcolm]

I have a power shower which had a reduced flow and I found that the filter was choked. When cleaned the flow returned to normal Blair

[Paul Barker]

Check there isn't a pump already, there would normally be a pull switc

in the bathroom if so. Look in bottom of airing cupboard for a pump.

If there isn't a pump, first try and see why shower sin't workin properly. Next step is descale shower head or just buy a cheap one they all have the same screw thread.

Only if those investigations fail consider another shower.

You can buy a thermostatic mixer shower which has an integral pump. I would require an electrician to be involved in fiting such a showe with the new Part P of the building regs now in force. One make is Ne Team 1,000, there are others.

12 ltr/min is very good, but just because that is what the shower wil give doesn't mean it will in your house if you don't have a good flo now you aren't likely to get one without a pump.

Pau

-- Paul Barker

[ARWadsworth]

or get shower replaced with electric power shower fed only on cold

Is than an oxymoron?

Adam

[Rob Morley]

I suspect he meant electrically-heated shower, not "power shower".