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wozzer Junior Member Offline The Jurassic Spark Posts: 59 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Hot water pressure Jun 21^st, 2005, 5:46pm Suffering with poor hot water pressure in the kitchen (Bathroom shower hot/cold is not that good either) Property is a bungalow, and I can't get the cold tank up any higher, the opper cylinder is as low as it can go. Questions: Would you: a) put in a "whole house" pump? or b) go for a mains pressured hot water storage tank system?
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chtechie GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Hot water pressure Reply #1 - Jun 21^st, 2005, 11:19pm Live in a bungalow myself - Megaflow installed when place was new - excellent pressure hot & cold.
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Reply #2 - Jun 22^nd, 2005, 10:37am

[quote author=wozzer link=1119372402/0#0 date=1119372402]Suffering with poor hot water pressure in the kitchen (Bathroom shower hot/cold is not that good either) Property is a bungalow, and I can't get the cold tank up any higher, the opper cylinder is as low as it can go. [/quote]

Lowering the cylinder wouldn't help anyway - it's the difference between tap and header tank that matters.

I'd check the mains pressure and flow rate and if that's ok go for a presurised system.

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Reply #3 - Jul 6^th, 2005, 4:59pm

Checked the water pressure (ok) but the plumber chappie down the road says that flowrate isn't that good as it is only a 15mm supply pipe.
I ended up getting a Salamander RHP75 which I'm getting ready to fit. The install instructions call for air vents at the highest point of the pipes on the pump outlets (hot and cold) - What type of vent do I fit?

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