Wrong tap :-(

No.

There is a standard way round people expect them to work - and none that I have seen allow you to change the markings round.

Meant to say - time for a whole-house pump?

Have decided if we were to move to a house which does not have decent water pressure, I think that is the way I would go.

It would seem that Drivels usual answer of fitting a combi is the way forward:-)

Two combis?

Only if THM fits a monoblock tap to the bath as well as the basin.

It can be difficult finding a mixer tap you like which isn't designed to use high pressure - as most seem to come from countries where this is the norm.

I added a pump in the kitchen to bring the 'stored' hot water pressure up to the mains cold.

You can use a pressure reducing valve. That will reduce the cold to match the hot, and you can claim it's new water-saving regulations...

Or pump it.

Have you had any calls for putting up Xmas tree lights?

Owain

No. Never had one. Next door neighbour borrowed my ladder to put his up.

Same...

Had a similar problem with a monoblock that I fitted... however since the hot was hardly ever used at that tap I forgot about it for a while (hot dead leg was so slow to clear due to the feeble pressure and flow rate!) Fixed it recently by switching to an unvented cylinder ;-) Works really well now.

I think all these monoblock taps are intended for mains pressure. They are so compact there is no room for the bigger waterways needed for a tank supply

And, I suppose, that's why we've got rotten hot water pressure at each one.

Other posts here have got me thinking bout adding a pump to the hot water to improve things. However, there's already one on the supply to the shower which is teed off from the kitchen supply. Re-routing this is near impossible as the 15mm copper it comes off is pretty inaccessible.

So, could I simply insert a second pump into the hot water outlet from the (vented) hot water cylinder? Or would that cause problems when the shower is turned on as I expect both pumps would then run.

Maybe some other flow reduction in the cold is needed or um, another tap! Brian

Why not? One for Hot, one for Cold.

The channels will be the same. You can get mono-blocks designed for low pressure systems but you have to find the real specifications for the tap from the makers. The mono-blocks I fitted to the cottage bath room suite are fine with less than 6' of head. Are these 1/4 turn ceramic or traditional windy windy washer taps? 1/4 turn means you can quickly get to full on which subjectively gives you more flow.

I thought that - but decided it was far too silly to post. :-)

Ahhh... but the best bit is the change over switching for the control wiring and plumbing so when one stops working you can switch to the other and still get hot water out of the hot taps and cold out of the cold.

You see there is method in Drivels madness.

You don't need anything fancy - just cut the plastic pipes that feeds the taps and swap them over. Obviously cut with a ...

Be cheaper to get another tap!

Not when four taps are involved...