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Increasing Pressure from Shower head

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  • 16-01-2009 10:27am
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    Deedsie
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    Hi,

    I have just moved into a house in Limerick and the shower is a bit of a joke. It is an emmersion shower, not electric. Is there anyway to increase the pressure coming out of the shower head?

    Is there another shower head i could buy that would make the force of the water stronger?

    Thanks for any help you can give me.


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    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    There may be a switch for a water pump somewhere in the hot press. I live in a place for 6 months before finding it.

    Otherwise, the only way to get more pressure is to get a shower head with smaller / fewer holes. You get the same amount of water though, so it's not an ideal solution.

    If it is really terrible / unusable, take it up with the landlord.


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    Deedsie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,272 ✭✭✭Deedsie


    3DataModem wrote: »
    There may be a switch for a water pump somewhere in the hot press. I live in a place for 6 months before finding it.

    Otherwise, the only way to get more pressure is to get a shower head with smaller / fewer holes. You get the same amount of water though, so it's not an ideal solution.

    If it is really terrible / unusable, take it up with the landlord.

    Its pretty bad now. What would the switch in the Hot press look like? Ill have a look when i go home this evening. The only switch i saw yesterday was the emmersion. (Quick Glance)


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    ART6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    3DataModem wrote: »
    There may be a switch for a water pump somewhere in the hot press. I live in a place for 6 months before finding it.

    Otherwise, the only way to get more pressure is to get a shower head with smaller / fewer holes. You get the same amount of water though, so it's not an ideal solution.

    If it is really terrible / unusable, take it up with the landlord.

    Two other possibilities -- take off the shower head hose and check the rubber liner inside it. They often perish and collapse, reducing the water flow. Alternatively, if you live in a hard water area, the holes in the head could be partially blocked. A soak in limescale remover would shift it.


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    rossie08
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    If it doesn't have a warrex flange fitted to the cylinder then it probably doesn't have a pump attached (see flange: http://www.buyplumbing.co.uk/VEM-WF22 ) If you clean out the shower head this would prob help but best advice is install flange and pump or install pumped shower.


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    Deedsie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,272 ✭✭✭Deedsie


    rossie08 wrote: »
    If it doesn't have a warrex flange fitted to the cylinder then it probably doesn't have a pump attached (see flange: http://www.buyplumbing.co.uk/VEM-WF22 ) If you clean out the shower head this would prob help but best advice is install flange and pump or install pumped shower.

    Its a rented house, i dont intend to be there after August. How much would it cost to Install a pumped shower, electric shower?


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