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Hi guys, be gentle as although i am GSR, i am not a plumber. Ok this is my house. The kitchen hot tap has always been disappointing as its flow is rubbish and hot water takes ages to come through. Its vented cyl located ground floor, kitchen is on first floor and cold tank is above ceiling of 2nd floor. All hot taps / shower and bath on ground floor are wonderful. There are only two taps on first floor , kitchen and small toilet. No taps on 2nd floor. Recently had the kitchen replaced and the sink has been moved and as such the pipe work for the sink has extended further. Now the kitchen hot tap is more than disappointing.
What are my options?
Could i pump just the kitchen tap or do you need to pump from the cyl
many thanks
 
What's the toilet like (same floor a kitchen) ?
 
can you take a picture of the kitchen tap , the tap might not be suited for gravity hot water , or arrangement of pipework poor, slowing the flow down
 
Just checked it, its better than the kitchen.
Kitchen flow is 2.38Lpm and it was slightly better than it sometimes is when i just measured it
 
toilet is 3.46Lpm

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i would say its the tap, suitable for low pressure?
 
Mixer tap looks like a pull out spray nozzle type?
Bloody awful flow on gravity hot with those and many ordinary mixers not much better.
 
No idea, supplied and fitted by kitchen people, we chose it from a catalogue. Is there a way to check?

yea change the bloody thing looks cheap and nasty so dont think it will be good for low pressure, its not branded any where?
 
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