How do we know if we have high or low water pressure?

abankerbutnotafatcat

As the title suggests, I'm sourcing taps and some say they are only suitable for high or low pressure but I don't know what i've got or how to find out (tried googling).
We've got a combi boiler if that helps.

Ectophile

If you have a cold water tank in the loft, then you have a low pressure system. You would normally also have a hot water tank in the airing cupboard.

If you have a combi boiler for hot water, and no cold water tank, then it's a high pressure system.

abankerbutnotafatcat

Ectophile wrote: »

If you have a cold water tank in the loft, then you have a low pressure system. You would normally also have a hot water tank in the airing cupboard.

If you have a combi boiler for hot water, and no cold water tank, then it's a high pressure system.

Thank you for this. It's what I thought I remembered reading at some point but I didn't want to buy until I was sure.:)

toofy

Hi, I'm having the same problem. We've just purchased an old house (built 1900) that had already had gas heating installed, and a combi boiler about 7 years ago. We removed the old bathroom and got a plumber in to install the new one and also asked him to put in an electric shower as well...problem is now the new bathroom is in there is no pressure in the bathroom taps when I turn on both hot & cold taps - for this reason the plumber says we cannot install the shower till this is sorted.

As we haven't moved into the house yet we are not sure if the water pressure was a problem before the bathroom was installed, as we never thought to check. I'm now not sure if it's something the plumber has done, or whether it was always like this..I've contacted the water service who said they would check the mains pressure, and if it was a problem at their end they would replace pipes leading into the house, however after it reaches the threshold it is my responsibility.
I'm running on a very tight budget as it is and really can't afford to start digging up and tracking to the mains in the kitchen unless it's absolutely necessary..any pointers please?

bryanb

toofy wrote: »

Hi, I'm having the same problem. We've just purchased an old house (built 1900) that had already had gas heating installed, and a combi boiler about 7 years ago. We removed the old bathroom and got a plumber in to install the new one and also asked him to put in an electric shower as well...problem is now the new bathroom is in there is no pressure in the bathroom taps when I turn on both hot & cold taps - for this reason the plumber says we cannot install the shower till this is sorted.

As we haven't moved into the house yet we are not sure if the water pressure was a problem before the bathroom was installed, as we never thought to check. I'm now not sure if it's something the plumber has done, or whether it was always like this..I've contacted the water service who said they would check the mains pressure, and if it was a problem at their end they would replace pipes leading into the house, however after it reaches the threshold it is my responsibility.
I'm running on a very tight budget as it is and really can't afford to start digging up and tracking to the mains in the kitchen unless it's absolutely necessary..any pointers please?

Presume the bathroom is upstairs? How is pressure downstairs?

Canucklehead

toofy wrote: »

Hi, I'm having the same problem. We've just purchased an old house (built 1900) that had already had gas heating installed, and a combi boiler about 7 years ago. We removed the old bathroom and got a plumber in to install the new one and also asked him to put in an electric shower as well...problem is now the new bathroom is in there is no pressure in the bathroom taps when I turn on both hot & cold taps - for this reason the plumber says we cannot install the shower till this is sorted.

As we haven't moved into the house yet we are not sure if the water pressure was a problem before the bathroom was installed, as we never thought to check. I'm now not sure if it's something the plumber has done, or whether it was always like this..I've contacted the water service who said they would check the mains pressure, and if it was a problem at their end they would replace pipes leading into the house, however after it reaches the threshold it is my responsibility.
I'm running on a very tight budget as it is and really can't afford to start digging up and tracking to the mains in the kitchen unless it's absolutely necessary..any pointers please?

Does your plumber not have something similar to this?

toofy

The bathroom is upstairs, as is the combi boiler which is in a bedroom nearby. The kitchen tap doesn't seem too bad, although this is only the case when the one tap is running - when any tap is turned on upstairs the pressure dies in the kitchen tap.
I don't know if the plumber had any guage to check, as the house is vacant he was working in it while I was away to work. He said he had checked the flow from the mains outside, which seemed ok, but reckoned as it was an old house the pipes running underneath need replaced. It's an old terraced house where the waste etc runs into underground drains in the back yard. I'm afraid of the costs escalating..