moxy 617 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 After some mysterious goings on and the bathroom sink developed a crack, which no one admitted to or knew anything about..!!? We have replaced it and bought a mixer tap. Which are as most plumbers know are now high pressure. Resulting in the hot water to be painfully slow. A mouse could piss faster. I have a gravity fed system. No combi boiler and the cold supply is a good pressure. I have checked the hoses to the hot tap feed for twists and kinks and also checked the tap itself to try and remove any gauze filters. I need an automatic pump on the hot supply only. So a single feed pump. The closest I have found is a twin feed shower pump but that's going to be a right ballache to reroute the water feeds to install and unnecessary considering the cold pressure. The cistern is at the same level as the bath/sink with no option of moving it higher. Any suggestions. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thought this was in the lurcher section at first. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Does it have the two pipes on on it, one for hot and cold and then to mix? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocko987 1 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 There are plenty of single impeller shower pumps that would work. Salamander are a good brand and reasonably priced. Something like: http://www.tapstore.com/ct-55-plus-single-shower-pump.html? Just ensure it is fitted with an essex flange on the cylinder or it could pull air down the open vent. Hope this helps Rocko 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Cheers Rocko. I've already been looking at these. Funny how they manage to charge more for a single feed than a dual. Thanks again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buster gonads 862 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Moxy, have you tried swopping the hoses over, some mixers [not all] have the cold coming out of less holes in the head than the hot, it wont increase pressure but it would increase flow if this is the case with yours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Aiken 253 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Give Salamander Pumps a ring, good tech dept. I worked at a plumbers merchants for 15 years and they were our main seller. Your problem was a daily occurrence! http://www.salamanderpumps.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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