Boosting water pressure (not mains)

graham2010

hi there

I have just had new bath taps and wash basin taps in the bathroom and whilst both taps were supposedly suitable for low pressure systems the water is flowing very slowly.
My hot water tank and cold water tank are in a cupboard on the ground floor. Is there a way of boosting the pressure with a small pump at the tanks outlet or does each set of taps need it's own pump. i.e the bath need 1 pump and the basin taps (in another bathroom) need another pump. I have an electric shower too which is fine but worried that boosting the pressure might interfere with this. Can you please advise?

Many thanks in advance

BobProperty

graham2010 wrote: »

I have just had new bath taps and wash basin taps in the bathroom and whilst both taps were supposedly suitable for low pressure systems the water is flowing very slowly.

A few possibilities here. The taps aren't as good as they claim to be. The wrong ones (i.e. high pressure) have been supplied. Any chance any plumbing modifications have caused a problem? What make and model of taps are they?

plumb1_2

Have they used flexible tap conectors, reducing the flow for gravity supply.

andyhop

electric shower should be mains fed

if flexis have been used sometimes the bore size is reduced massively, or there could have been fitted badly and have twisted

if a pump is the only soloution best to use a stuart turner monsoon which is designed for full house applications

graham2010

Many thanks for the replies so far, much appreciated.

To answer some of the questions, 1 set of the new taps have been fitted with the flexi hose but 2 sets haven't. The old taps were the old fashioned full-turn thread taps and I've now swapped them for 1/4 turn mixers as had new kitchen and bathroom installed. They do state for low pressure (no brand on them as bought on ebay) but I think I must have ultra-low pressure as the cold water tank is only above the hot water cistern in the hall.

The kitchen tap is the standard mixer tap you pick up from B&Q, comes with the sink in a pack, it too states for low pressure but in very small writing it says the cold water tank should be 2 metres above ground level and mine isn't. Why in a flat only 8 years old would they have fitted a hot water tank and cold water tank I have no idea!!

Have researched the pumps and I think this might be the only route, anyone know of any clearance places to pick one up. I think I'm going to need a twin pump and negative pressure but really shudder at the thought of paying £350 even without fitting, as I'm selling the flat in 3 months. Is it ok to put this in the hall cupboard with the tanks?

Again really appreciate any comments.

Cheers

brownbake

Usually when people view your home they don't go round turning taps on do they??

We had a similar problem all our cold was mains fed Kitchen and Bathroom taps so no worries there. The hot is low pressure in the kitchen but OK.

We bought wrong taps off Ebay too High pressure and we have low pressure! Doh. The plumber installed a pump under the bath for the hot and now it is really good pressure. He recommended a Stuart Turner - not sure if he fitted that though. Was about £150 for bathroom only.

Your shower should be cold mains fed unless it is a power shower. We have a 10.5Kw Triton and no problem with pressure. Be careful because the RCD may need to be updated and also the cabling which should cost about £100 - £120 fitted