High water pressure affecting my electric shower

[Ollie Battams]

The water pressure coming into my house seems too high for my electric shower. I have an Aqualisa Quartz Electric 9.5kW electric shower.

In there past I have used the warranty on the shower to replace it. I always thought the electric shower was faulty.

But...

Recently, there was a leak outside on my neighbours outside tap which reduced the pressure slightly and my shower was working perfectly. It was fixed and now my shower is struggling again. I have to have it on full heat and sometimes turn the bath cold tap on to reduce the pressure going into it.

What are my options? Do I have to get a more powerful shower to handle the pressure or do I need to get something fitted to the inlet pipe to the shower to reduce the pressure?

Any help will be much appreciated. I'm a bit of a shower connoisseur and want my nice showers back 🙁

 

[Meady]

Get a pressure reducing valve fitted to where the water main comes into the building. Simple enough job for a plumber. Post your location up on here and I'm sure someone may be able to help.

 

[Ollie Battams]

Thanks for your reply.

I'm in Haslemere, Surrey.

If anyone can help please contact me.

 

[Centralheatking]

I would be carefull what you ask for - low pressure is usually the bug bear especially in London
I would reduce the pressure to the shower only and leave the rest - pressure drops occur at
high demand times and you might regret reducing the whole house centralheatking

 

[Meady]

Not necessarily, if he has 4 bar pressure and reduces it to 3 bar, if the water pressure then drops 1 bar at peak time he will still have the same 3 bar which is plenty.

 

[Steve ski]

I make it 2 bar which should be fine unless im missing something here????

 

[Meady]

How do you make it 2 bar???

 

[Rickster123]

How do you make it 2 bar???

The magic thumb test!

 

[Centralheatking]

The magic thumb test is available in the plumbers arms CHK

The magic thumb test!

 

[Rickster123]

The magic thumb test is available in the plumbers arms CHK

Never again!!

 

[Steve ski]

sorry meady, im assuming your talking about placing prv on shower supply pipe only ? not straight on the incoming main?

 

[Steve ski]

apologies meady I just had that eureka moment, I translated your post completely wrong, then about 11pm last night the penny dropped lol :willy_nilly:sorry dude !!!:yesnod: