How do I know my water pressure?

lawrie28

I am looking at a new shower, and have seen one which is an all in one enclosure. However, it says that it needs minimum of 2 bar water pressure.

How do I find this out?

I have a mains fed cold water system and a hot water tank.

I beleive that the current shower is a standard mixer setup.

Many thanks.

Mutton_Geoff

Two bar is around 28psi, not far short of the pressure in your car tyres! You won't have that from a storage tank, you'll need a pump.

I assume this shower is one of those "surround sound" jet thingies?

lawrie28

Yes it is one of those shower surround sound thingies. Although it might not be anymore, cos a pump seems to be a couple of hundred quid, which makes it far more expensive than the saving from not having to have the shower bit tiled.

I did think the hot water pressure would be low, as the mixer taps don't work well as the cold water pressure is that much higher than the hot.