Pressure problems with my shower
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:14 am
I have a Gainsbourgh RE600 which either produces scorching hot water or doesn't heat the water at all.
This is due to low pressure. I have had problems with it before but it has always eventually started working again properly.
I've taken the shower apart and there are no blockages in it or the pipe leading up to it.
The shower doesn't have its own dedicated pipe from the cold water tank the tank is three floors above me in my upstairs neighbour's attic (I live in a maisonette, a two storey house that has a two storey flat above it) and it would cause to much disruption to get a new pipe down. The pipe to the shower is 10mm in diameter and it comes of the supply that goes to the cold tap for the bath which in turn comes of the main supply for the house with is the normal size (20mm?) of water pipe. I got 1.6l of water from the pipe that supplies the shower in a minute.
Scottish water replaced the mains to my street a year ago which filled my water tank with lots of mud and water which I think has clogged my water pipe.
Does anyone know how I can check pipes aren't blocked or if my water pressure I am getting in my flat is what you’d expect for in my circumstances please? I can't afford a plumber or any expensive equipment.
I can stop the water coming out of any of my taps (yip even the kitchen tap is fed from the cold water tank) with my thumb and not feel any pressure on it. Is this right if my water tank is about 8 metres above me?
Hope someone can help me as my shower is driving me mad but I don't want to replace it if the new shower will suffer the same problems due to low pressure. Ideally I’d like to replace it with the Mira Sport Max so I get hot water from the shower during the cold Scottish winters.
Thanking you in advance,
Keith
This is due to low pressure. I have had problems with it before but it has always eventually started working again properly.
I've taken the shower apart and there are no blockages in it or the pipe leading up to it.
The shower doesn't have its own dedicated pipe from the cold water tank the tank is three floors above me in my upstairs neighbour's attic (I live in a maisonette, a two storey house that has a two storey flat above it) and it would cause to much disruption to get a new pipe down. The pipe to the shower is 10mm in diameter and it comes of the supply that goes to the cold tap for the bath which in turn comes of the main supply for the house with is the normal size (20mm?) of water pipe. I got 1.6l of water from the pipe that supplies the shower in a minute.
Scottish water replaced the mains to my street a year ago which filled my water tank with lots of mud and water which I think has clogged my water pipe.
Does anyone know how I can check pipes aren't blocked or if my water pressure I am getting in my flat is what you’d expect for in my circumstances please? I can't afford a plumber or any expensive equipment.
I can stop the water coming out of any of my taps (yip even the kitchen tap is fed from the cold water tank) with my thumb and not feel any pressure on it. Is this right if my water tank is about 8 metres above me?
Hope someone can help me as my shower is driving me mad but I don't want to replace it if the new shower will suffer the same problems due to low pressure. Ideally I’d like to replace it with the Mira Sport Max so I get hot water from the shower during the cold Scottish winters.
Thanking you in advance,
Keith