Water Pressure

[anser]

i have a town house, and my bathroom and shower room is on the top floor (3rd floor)

my water pressure downstairs in the kitchen is fine, but upstairs i have no pressure. my water tank is in the loft sitting above the shower.

what can i do to increase the water pressure, especially in the bath, as i cant give my baby a bath, due to taking so long to fill the bath up.

i've never had this problem before, but i did just install a new bathroom suite, do you think this might have somthing to do with it (taps).

i have been adviced to either get a combi boiler, and get rid of the tank, but will this fix the water pressure problem i have upstairs.

as i have an unsuite bathroom and a bath and shower in the main bathroom on the top floor it will be to expensive to install two power showers.

i've been told i can do somthing with the water tank to increase the water pressure.

can someone advice me, on what to do and what kind of cost i am looking at.

 

[stevetheplumber]

its either pump the whole house or build a raised platform in the loft to put the tank on depend realy weather you have the space in your loft five foot of hieght will make a lot of difference to the preasure

 

[anser]

how much wil it cost to rasie it. also if i dont have the space what do i do?

if i pump the whole house, what does this involve

 

[Bernie2]

If it was okay before you put in the new bath, what has changed to make it different. It must have something to do with the taps. But I would imagine it is more likely to be an air lock. Try blowing it out.

 

[radswilldo]

I agree with bernie, I reckon ceramic disc/quarter turn taps have been used, these are restrictive, they need a minmum pressue/head for fow rates. Have flexi's and plastic pipes(ecspecially fittings) been used, again all incease resistance to flow.

 

[macplumb]

did you put flexi tap connectors on? these will affect the flow of water

 

[anser]

well my mate's friend put the bath suite in so not sure what he did. do i get him to come back and check. to rule rule any of the above, and if it is air lock, is this the plumbers fault who installed the bathroom.

again if i need to put pressure to whole house, what does this mean and what will it cost.

what is my cheaper option.

many thanks