RE: OT: Shower Pumps

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had a pumped shower in our last house - as you've described, the pump
was
in the a/c and fed only the en suite shower; it was wonderful, and silent,
as opposed to a wall-mounted power shower.  The pump itself was audible
when
running, but not loud by any means (it sat on a rubber damping mat, and was
attached with flexible hoses.  I'm not sure about the value of having it
pumping to all circuits; for us the tap flow rate was fine, and if we had
put all the HW though it that would have meant the pump spinning up every
time a hot tap was turned on, which would have been a pain.

Pete

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From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 April 2005 19:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Shower Pumps


Hi



Still trying to find out more info on our proposed on-suite upgrade, this
is
an HA upgraded on-suite so its vaguely on-topic(ish).

We had received a quote for the suite etc that we really liked and then I
discovered (By reading the brochure, something the salesman in the store
clearly had not!) that the wall mounted taps and spouts we had chosen need
2
bar of pressure and as we have a gravity fed system with around 0.2 bar we
are going to need a pump.

The salesman tells me the only place I can put this is in the airing
cupboard? But surely this would then make more sense to have a whole house
pump that would aid any future upgrades in the other bathroom etc?

I am also interested to know how people find powered showers? Another shop
has told us that we will only get 10-15 mins of hot showering from our
130ltr hot water cylinder?

Would really appreciate any input, experience or links to help and info as
I'm not finding the 'average' salesman too helpful and my plumber (Who is a
good workman.) appears to have taken the accountant's oath "I can't
give you
advice, just point out the options, you choose and I take no
responsibility!" Argh!



Many thanks,



Rob





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