Bathroom Basin Tap - Pumped

PaidV

Hi all,
I have recently built a house and the girlfried chose a bathroom basin tap that uses the houses 2 bar pump i.e. every time somebody uses the tap the 2 bar pump kicks in which is driving me mental as it wakes everyone in the house in the middle of the night when somebody washes their hands.
Can I do anything to remove the reliance on the pump?
Any help would be great!
Paidi

slinky2000

Have you tried turning the pump off and see how much pressure there is?

PaidV

I haven't yet, I will try that this evening - thanks.

The tap she chose in the kitchen is a similar one and that isn't hooked up to the pump. Cold pressure is fine on that but the hot is very low and take a good 90 seconds to get any hot water out of it...

Is there much to disconnecting the tap from the pump permanently?

hatchman

I had very same problem, I plumbed in an large expansion vessel beside pump cost me less than 100 euro gives at least two mins of water running before pump kicks in. Less starts on the pump means longer life for pump and less electricity used. Some more experienced people on here will know about if would work on your set up. Worth looking into tho.

PaidV

Thanks Hatchman, only issue there is I have my two power showers hooked up to the pump too so that would mean the pump wouldn't kick in for the showers straight away I'd imagine?

hatchman

All my showers and taps are on the one pump and run through the pressure vessel the showers are fine loose a little bit of pressure just before pump kicks in as the vessel pressure is exhausted but not that noticeable. Means u can have a quick shower without pump coming on !