Cold water pressure too low. Please advise me.

[spiderpig]

I have a cold water storage tank in my bathroom. It is approximately 7 feet off the ground.

For a bath the cold water pressure is fine. However for a shower (hose connected to taps) the cold water pressure is too low, and the cold water literately does not reach the shower output. Therefore I get only hot water from the shower and this too hot for use.

I guess what I need is a pump? Can someone please advise.

 

[Ermintrude]

Check pipes not blocked at outlet on cold tank

 

[stevetheplumber]

if the tank is only seven foot of the ground you will not get a showerwhere does the hot water come from i assume its a combi as thats reaching the shower best solution is to have the tank removed and your cold fed from the main

 

[lame plumber]

if the tank is only seven foot of the ground you will not get a showerwhere does the hot water come from i assume its a combi as thats reaching the shower best solution is to have the tank removed and your cold fed from the main

why would a combi have a tank in the roof??? have a think

 

[spiderpig]

if the tank is only seven foot of the ground you will not get a showerwhere does the hot water come from i assume its a combi as thats reaching the shower best solution is to have the tank removed and your cold fed from the main

I have a boiler yes, Saunier Duval Combitek F23E.

 

[lame plumber]

take it back, convert the tank to mains feed only and shower may start to work, cant see why anyone ever leaves a cwsc in if they install a combi!!

 

[stevetheplumber]

they leave them in as they dont quote enough to take it out which makes theirs the cheapest quote so they get the work and he never said tank in loft in the first place

 

[josh]

take it back, convert the tank to mains feed only and shower may start to work, cant see why anyone ever leaves a cwsc in if they install a combi!!

Took one out that was doing the bathroom cold still and combi on hots as apparently the previous owner had been talked into the plumber saying 'when you flush the toilet it will affect the hot' maybe so but she was the only person living there so what did it matter !

 

[stevetheplumber]

im suprised the hot wasnt crossing the mixer and going out the overflow

 

[lame plumber]

im suprised the hot wasnt crossing the mixer and going out the overflow

my thought as well

 

[spiderpig]

Can you advise how much work like this should cost, i live in london.

I can confirm these is one pipe coming up to the tank (mains) and one coming down (supplying)

 

[stevetheplumber]

where are you spiderpig if close enough ill give you a quote if tanks built in it can stay in place and repipe

 

[spiderpig]

where are you spiderpig if close enough ill give you a quote if tanks built in it can stay in place and repipe

Walthamstow.

 

[stevetheplumber]

snap walthamstow as well give me a ring on 07725500910