Essex Flanges and getting enough head.

[garycat]

Sorry if this thread disappoints given the Subject line

I want to fit a small shower pump (< 1.5 bar) to an existing gravity fed shower. I'm in a bungalow so only have about 1 metre of head. The cold water tank and expansion tank are in the loft and the HWC is in the airing cupboard.

Does this mean I need an Essex/Surrey flange on the hotwater tank and additional pipework from the HWC to the shower pump? The existing gravity fed shower is tee'ed off the bath feeds.

[Dave_ST220]

I was certainly expecting something else. Sorry.

[Simpo Two]

garycat said:

Sorry if this thread disappoints given the Subject line

I want to fit a small shower pump (< 1.5 bar) to an existing gravity fed shower. I'm in a bungalow so only have about 1 metre of head. The cold water tank and expansion tank are in the loft and the HWC is in the airing cupboard.

Does this mean I need an Essex/Surrey flange on the hotwater tank and additional pipework from the HWC to the shower pump? The existing gravity fed shower is tee'ed off the bath feeds.

That sounds exactly like my setup and what I did. I was recommended to use a Salamander flange by the people that sold me the shower unit (Aqualisa Axis).

www.salamanderpumps.co.uk/Products/Sflange.htm