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    Pulsating shower pump - hot water in a gravity fed system

    The shower pump pumps cold water fine but pulses (shuts on and off repeatedly) for mixed and/or hot water. If left on for hot water, the shower pump pulsates continuously for about 20 mins and then just stops pumping altogether, whilst gradually decreasing the frequency of the pumps. The...
  2. T

    Boiler kettling, is it the heating pump?

    Hi all! I had a new Viessmann boiler installed in February this year, they preformed a full power flush etc according to the manufacturers instillation specification and the I staller was manufacturer approved. We've recently been using the boiler and it's making a whiring noise (kind of...
  3. Rp88

    Can I fit a pump to Aqualisa Visage?

    Hi there, any help appreciated! We've bought a Aqualisa Visage shower to replace our old one, however, have realised it's one without a pump! Can we just buy a shower pump and attach separately, and if so, does it need to go before or after the digital unit? We have a cylinder boiler in an...
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    S plan vented to S plan Unvented

    Good evening all, I’m a drainage engineer with a plumbing background. My property is an old 1930’s, has an indirect vented cyclinder, f+e in loft and also water tank storage in loft. Would like to replace the vented with an unvented. Same location as existing, really good mains pressure on 15mm...
  5. D

    Power Shower install

    I am looking at replacing my current mixer shower with a power shower (no pressure water just drips out). The system is gravity fed. Cold water straight from tank in loft space, hot water comes out of tank in airing cupboard in bedroom at same level as bathroom and goes into loft space (up...
  6. M

    Upstairs radiator not bleeding

    Hi there, I've got a tricky problem so hoping someone out there might be able to help me. At the moment our upstairs radiator closest to the boiler isn't heating up properly at the top. I tried bleeding the radiator thinking it was trapped air, but when I open the valve fully, no air comes...
  7. P

    Fitting Hive - gravity fed or pumped

    Hi, just moved into new property. As CH/HW programmer appears to have a standard back plate I have decided to install a Hive system. However, I'm stuck on whether to set it up for a pumped system or gravity fed as I'm not sure what I have. How can I tell? I have a hot water cylinder in the...
  8. W

    Wire Hive 2 to Halstead Best 60 Boiler

    Hi, I'm trying to wire Hive 2 to my existing boiler which is a Halstead Best 60 Gravity Boiler. I've installed new wiring which is: 3 core cable from the spur 3 core cable from the pump 5 core cable from the boiler I've wired it up as I think it should be but 'Hot Water' on it's own doesn't...
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    Gravity fed hot water as dump load

    Hello everyone! I apologize if a thread like this already exists and I have missed it due to wrong wording etc. I have searched whole web and found bits and pieces but no concrete answer or other examples like mine. The background: It is an off grid tiny house where I want to install a wind...
  10. Awesome221

    What mixer shower for low hot pressure

    So when i run the tap the cold is powerful but the hot isn't. The tank for hot is in airing cupboard, what mixer shower preferably about £100 should i be looking at as i guess it will equal around 0.1 Bar pressure. Can anyone give me any suggestions. One thing i'm confused on Mira showers say...
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