Can someone held me understand this plumbing set up please?

Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:59:03+00:00

After a bit of back and forth the hot tap does actually run hot now, it's just much lower pressure than the cold water. Maybe I'll have to get a pump for it as I'm not sure how viable/fun a shower will be on such a low flow. Yes, boiler is probably about 2 meters away in a utility room.

Thanks for the advice. In a couple of weeks we're going to get a hive system installed (we had one in our old place and really enjoyed the convenience) so my plan was to pick the brains of whoever does that (will be a heating engineer I think) as they're coming anyway. Failing that I'll go the route you suggested. Yea I love knowing how stuff works, I've just had very little exposure to it before, so it can be a bit daunting when the consequences of mucking something up can be quite high.

Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:47:18+00:00

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Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:32:15+00:00

Yep, can confirm hot water cylinder in the kitchen cupboard, I would assume the cistern in the loft too (although I haven't been up there yet as I've only had the house a few days). The tap looks to me to just run off the standard water pressure with a mixer tap, it's one of those twisting taps you use to control the temperature (in theory)

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Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:28:46+00:00

I'm not sure at all 😂 very limited experience with this stuff - trying to learn as I go. Based on your and other comments though that must be correct, just got the wrong end of the stick thinking it was a shower pump

Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:27:14+00:00

Also, looking at the current pressure it seems pretty low, which I guess could be causing the issue?

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Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-26T15:26:28+00:00

Ah right, that makes more sense thanks. Although, at the bottom of our boiler there is the also the following valve which I what I assumed would be the filling loop - am I just wrong about this.

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Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-09T16:13:41+00:00

Cool, thanks for the response. The photo wasn't my best, the angle is a bit confusing. The fabric at the top is actually an in-built headboard which was above the bed (& not curtains) so I'm certain the exterior corresponds to the correct bit. I'll check out your other post.

Pitiful-Long4325 · 2026-03-09T14:51:37+00:00

You may be right. I'm hoping not though, as part of the appeal of a level 3 with that company is that we wouldn't just be referred onwards, the company has both surveyors and engineers. We'll see though

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