Electric shower not powerful enough if water being used elsewhere in house???

sid1234_2

I have an triton electric shower fitted in my property and it is fine and gives out good water pressure when no other taps are being used in the rest of the property...

However as soon as a tap is turned on elsewhere, I lose water and the showerhead gives out only a small amount of water...Is there any way to combat this problem?

I have a combi boiler system in my house and although this has nothing to do with the shower as it is electric, I want to have something whereby I can use the shower and the bathroom tap at the same time without pressure loss??

Help would be appreciated.

Jonesya

Do you get the same issue with taps when other taps are turned on, toilet flushed etc?

Have you checked the main stop-c o c k is almost fully open?

jordanb84

mines does the exact same, does the water also go cold when water is used elsewherein the house?

macman

How is the shower fed-is is taken straight off the rising main?

ListysDad

Sounds to me like the very first thing you should check is that the stop tap is FULLY open. If is is then check the street one too. If both are fully open then do a simple test. Take a bucket with graduations on it and test how long it takes to fill it. A 10l bucket should take no more than a minute.

Then open another tap and let it run and test filling the bucket again. If the second time the time taken to fill the same amount is significantly less then ask your water board for advice.

If the bucket still fills in approx a min, then your flow and pressure would appear to be fine and its something else you'll have to investigate. For a start I'd check that valves in the line to the shower is fully open and any filters in the line are clear. Once past that lot its ask Triton for advice.

sid1234_2

Yes, I do get the same issues when another tap is turned on or the flush is used...

The water doesn't really go cold but jus comes out really slowly as if it's being forced out.

I'm not too sure how the shower is fed tbh..i'm sure it's connected straight through the main cold water supply coming into the propety.

sid1234_2

ListysDad wrote: »

Sounds to me like the very first thing you should check is that the stop tap is FULLY open. If is is then check the street one too. If both are fully open then do a simple test. Take a bucket with graduations on it and test how long it takes to fill it. A 10l bucket should take no more than a minute.

Then open another tap and let it run and test filling the bucket again. If the second time the time taken to fill the same amount is significantly less then ask your water board for advice.

If the bucket still fills in approx a min, then your flow and pressure would appear to be fine and its something else you'll have to investigate. For a start I'd check that valves in the line to the shower is fully open and any filters in the line are clear. Once past that lot its ask Triton for advice.

Will do the above checks tomorrow morning and get back to you...with the second time I need to fill the bucket, do I leave te first tap open or close it then turn on the second tap?

ListysDad

leave it open.

toofy

Hi, can I tag into this thread please?...I'm having the same problem in a house I've just recently bought- we have a worcester combi boiler upstairs, and we have recently installed a new bathroom. The combi boiler was serviced as soon as we got the house and it seemed fine. We didn't check the water pressure in the upstairs taps in the old bathroom..it never crossed our minds..

When the kitchen tap is running, and we run any of the upstairs taps in the new bathroom the pressure dies; I have called the Water Service, who have visited the property and said the pressure is ok to the mains in the kitchen, after-which they renewed a valve outside the front door in the main street. It is an old house (1900). We are filling approx 10 litres of water per minute off the cold tap in the kitchen.

I want to install a new electric shower to the bathroom, but the plumber who installed the bathroom doesn't seem to have any ideas, and I'm running out of patience. The bathroom is directly above the kitchen.

Any ideas??...thanks in advance..

toofy

Meant to say I've had another couple of cowboys out who dabbled about under the sink, and removed what they called a gas valve from under the stopcock, although this did nothing to change the pressure. They didn't instill any faith in me, and charged me £45 for what I could see was 10 mins work. They also spent an hour and a half talking absolute dribble, so I really am looking for some sound advice...

many thanks!

keystone

toofy wrote: »

When the kitchen tap is running, and we run any of the upstairs taps in the new bathroom the pressure dies; I have called the Water Service, who have visited the property and said the pressure is ok to the mains in the kitchen, after-which they renewed a valve outside the front door in the main street.

That implies that it was probably NOT OK when they checked it.

We are filling approx 10 litres of water per minute off the cold tap in the kitchen.

What are you getting in the bathroom with the kitchen tap off. What are you getting in the bathroom with the kitchen tap on? Are you sure you mean pressure and not flow rate?

I want to install a new electric shower to the bathroom, but the plumber who installed the bathroom doesn't seem to have any ideas,

about the dropoff in flow rate or about how to fit an electric shower.

and I'm running out of patience.

With the plumber or the problem?

Cheers