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two separate cold water sources?? pls advise

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Help, I am clueless (with both money and plumbing).

My shower has a separate cold feed to the rest of my bathroom. Is this normal?

The cold pressure to the shower is dire, and I suspect my plumber has botched something. Would like to know more facts before calling him out again.

Please help!

J
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Are you talking about an electric shower or a shower fed off a boiler?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • ja5599
    ja5599 Posts: 10 Forumite
    thanks macman
    its a newly fitted combi boiler
  • latecomer
    latecomer Posts: 4,331 Forumite
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    Does it just have a cold feed? If so then it must be an electric one.

    Is it new or have the problems just started when the boiler was installed?
  • ja5599
    ja5599 Posts: 10 Forumite
    hi latecomer. no, hot one works fine (too fine actually - without the cold its too hot).
    Problem I think relates to plumbing for the new boiler, although the plumber/cowboy has been back twice, blaming the water pressure (checked and fine) and the mixer tap (checked and looks ok - reluntant to spend £100 on a replacement). What will the feed in the attic to the shower be?
  • ic
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    Check in the loft, perhaps you still have a cold water tank that is feeding the cold to your shower. If that's the case, your hot water will be mains pressure, whilst the cold would be just gravity fed. A bad combo!
  • macman
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    Sorry OP but it's still not clear what kind of shower this is-it's not a dedicated shower unit then, it's a shower working off a mixer tap over the bath, with a switch to select bath or shower? If so, how can you have a separate cold feed to the rest of the bathroom? The cold feed to the bath must be the same feed to the shower, because they only separate at the mixer tap.
    There won't be a cold feed from the attic, because with a combi you no longer have a cold water storage tank-it's fed directly from the mains.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • ja5599
    ja5599 Posts: 10 Forumite
    Hi macman.
    My shower is a dedicated shower, not from the bath. And your question about how canI have a separate cold feed to the shower is my question!
    There is a cold feed from the attic (according to my ears and feeling pipes) but this is only flowing when the shower is on.

    How can I identiy thecold mains pipes into the bathroom?
  • latecomer
    latecomer Posts: 4,331 Forumite
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    Turn off the mains and then see what works/doesn't.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    with a combi boiler you should have no CW storage tanks at all.
    if the shower is your old one, then you may need a new one specified for combi use.
    i had to change my shower when fitting a new combi boiler.
    Get some gorm.
  • ja5599
    ja5599 Posts: 10 Forumite
    latecomer -
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