Jukes Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 Hi All, I am a complete novice after a little bit of advice from one of you experts please?I have just had a new shower fitted in my ensuite upstairs and wanted some advice on any simple, cheap ways to improve the water performance?Brief details: gravity fed systemthermostatically controlled shower valve with 200mm square shower head (ceiling mounted) shower pump 1.5 bar twin impellor (positioned in loft)If I turn the heat dial on the shower valve to full cold I get a great water flow rate, in the default setting the water isn't very hot and not very good flow-rate. When you turn it onto the hot side it is nice and hot but very weak, almost dribbly.I'm sure the best solution is to replace the boiler as it's a gravity fed system and apparantly not really very good with modern showers? (it's over 10yrs old) but I was wondering if there was any other simple ways to give an increase in the hot water flow-rate?Would changing the fixed shower head for a smaller one, like 125-150mm (current head is 200mm sq and has 100 water nozzles, would a smaller one with say 50-60 nozzles make any difference?)Would increasing the amount of time the boiler heats the water every day make any difference?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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