Hello
I ve been to look at a job for a builder i work for. They are converting the back end of a garage into a bathroom. At the moment there is two 50 gallon CWS tanks linked together on the floor in the garage with a submersible pump in it pumping the cold water up to the CWS in the loft. It also supplies the main bathroom and all other taps except for the kitchen cold which is directly off the main.
They have had the water board out numerous times to look at the issue but they say there is absolutely nothing they can do as increasing their flow and pressure will starve the houses further on down the road.
Basically they are still searching for a solution to this and have asked me to disconnect the tanks, move them further out into the garage (so its out of their building space) and re plumb exactly as they are.
Then on the shower to the new bathroom they want to fit a mixer shower with a shower pump. The owner of the house was t there so i ve not gone into detail with them the exact plans, but to me there must be a better way. The CWS tanks in the garage at the minute aren t lagged, no lids on etc etc so will at the very least require upgrading.
Im thinking of suggesting it might be time to look for a proper solution while all this is going on and Im thinking the Grundfos home boost pump might be the answer. Has anyone come across anything similar or fitted the grundofs unit? If so how did it perform? i know if a decent solution can be found they want to upgrade their heating and hot water to unvented and sealed system heating. I know of the salamander home boost pump but i think in this situation thats just not up to it and they are looking for more than 12l/m so they can have their unvented.
Thanks
I ve been to look at a job for a builder i work for. They are converting the back end of a garage into a bathroom. At the moment there is two 50 gallon CWS tanks linked together on the floor in the garage with a submersible pump in it pumping the cold water up to the CWS in the loft. It also supplies the main bathroom and all other taps except for the kitchen cold which is directly off the main.
They have had the water board out numerous times to look at the issue but they say there is absolutely nothing they can do as increasing their flow and pressure will starve the houses further on down the road.
Basically they are still searching for a solution to this and have asked me to disconnect the tanks, move them further out into the garage (so its out of their building space) and re plumb exactly as they are.
Then on the shower to the new bathroom they want to fit a mixer shower with a shower pump. The owner of the house was t there so i ve not gone into detail with them the exact plans, but to me there must be a better way. The CWS tanks in the garage at the minute aren t lagged, no lids on etc etc so will at the very least require upgrading.
Im thinking of suggesting it might be time to look for a proper solution while all this is going on and Im thinking the Grundfos home boost pump might be the answer. Has anyone come across anything similar or fitted the grundofs unit? If so how did it perform? i know if a decent solution can be found they want to upgrade their heating and hot water to unvented and sealed system heating. I know of the salamander home boost pump but i think in this situation thats just not up to it and they are looking for more than 12l/m so they can have their unvented.
Thanks
