Gravity shower - reduction in pressure

veryintrigued

Have just had a new shower room fitted out with new mixer valve and shower head etc.

We both think that there is less water pressure.

Realise that as its a gravity fed we're subject to head of water and gravity but is there anything else we can tweak?

Am going to check the new shower head tonight to see if there is a water restriction valve fitted - is this likely? And is it easy to spot and remove?

Cheers as always in advance

diywhynot

Reduced flow? Make and model of shower mixer?

veryintrigued

This is probably going to result in a shuddering halt of advice but the only info I have (none on the shower itself) is a guarantee from 'Roman showers'. Not make / model etc.

I realise this is little help.

I guess is there any generic advice (apart from 'find out the details you plank') sort of thing?

Cheers for replying

Kiran

Has this been gradual over time or an all of a sudden change in pressure?

veryintrigued

Kiran wrote: »

Has this been gradual over time or an all of a sudden change in pressure?

Reduction is since change of mixer valve and shower hose and head etc but the pressure has never been fantastic

diywhynot

veryintrigued wrote: »

This is probably going to result in a shuddering halt of advice but the only info I have (none on the shower itself) is a guarantee from 'Roman showers'. Not make / model etc.

I realise this is little help.

I guess is there any generic advice (apart from 'find out the details you plank') sort of thing?

Cheers for replying

Have you contacted your installer? Info on Roman shower mixers.
Generic info here.

Ruski

Did 'they' change/install any isolator valves?

veryintrigued

Ruski wrote: »

Did 'they' change/install any isolator valves?

In all honesty I dont know. There are certainly none obvious (to me at least) before or after.

Kiran

Just to clarify, do you mean you have had a new shower installed and the new unit appears inferior compared to the old one?

Also, not meaning to be rude, but do you mean a reduction in pressure or reduction in flow rate?

Ruski

The pipework is an obvious place the throttle flow, for example fitting small bore isolating valves in the pipework, or a long run of 15mm plastic pipe etc, so there's too many options to give a definite answer without looking at the setup directly. Have you identified the mixer shower model yet?
Modern/cheap shower hoses also tend to have a small bore which had disappoint in the 'pressure' dept.

Contact your installer or provide more info on installation

HTH

Russ

veryintrigued

Kiran wrote: »

Just to clarify, do you mean you have had a new shower installed and the new unit appears inferior compared to the old one?

Also, not meaning to be rude, but do you mean a reduction in pressure or reduction in flow rate?

Yes thats the issue - new unit - less pressure (probably not flow).