is my hot water cylinder big enough?

elwm · 7 Jul 2004

Hi
Please can anyone offer me some sound advice?!! I am about to have my bathroom redone and have bought a thermostatic shower valve. I have a 3ft hot water cylinder in the attic and an odd system of 2 cold water tanks, 1 which fills from the mains and then supplies bathroom and then the other takes its supply from the first one and supplies the hot water cylinder - I think! I had planned to use a shower pump to increase the pressure as it is currently not adequate. I am concerned about whether or not there will be enough hot water in the 3ft cylinder to provide 2 or 3 consecutive showers? One plumber has suggested switching to an unvented pressurised system and therefore no pump is required but I don't know much about this except that it would be fairly expensive to do. Any advice would be great as I am getting shoved from pillar to post by loads of plumbers. Thanks E[/b]

taydo · 10 Jul 2004

Hi I doubt very much that your cylinder will be big enough to cope with 3 showers.

But it all depends on the water output of the pump and how long you spend in the shower.

An unvented system is good advice but expensive, or can you fit a larger conventional tank?

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is my hot water cylinder big enough?

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