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Replacing and shifting hot water cylinder - mains or low pressure?
Does the water pump booster really makes a difference with the flow of water to the shower?
I have unequal pressure but the HWC is fairly new and I didn't want to replace it so I had an electric booster installed. Made a huge difference. The shower went from a lousy dribble to feeling almost like mains. I think mine cost about $800.
FWIW we went with gas, loved it, and would do so again. Reading back I can't believe the alternatives I was considering...
Just be sure to check your gasfitter with that link I posted all those years ago. We were naive and took our gasfitter's word that he was registered (he'd been recommended by a plumber we'd used). In the end it turned out he wasn't at all, and was unable to provide the certificate of compliance, or whatever it's called (I forget now). We had to call a different gasfitter who completely removed the previous gasfitter's work and redid it, at our expense. We obtained a refund from the orginal cowboy.
Anyway! We went through a few earthquakes (no leaking cylinder, yay! No water reserve, boo.) and have now shifted to a house with HWC. We will be replacing it with gas as soon as we can.
I should probably give you an update. The "thunk" disappeared after a couple of days, and the kitchen tap no longer spurts. It must have been to do with air being trapped somewhere?
It still takes longer than I'm used to for the water to start flowing hot, but I'll get used to it. We put up an extra curtain in the shower so we can turn it on a bit harder to get the water flowing a bit quicker... once I put the new shower cubicle in (and new tapware) i'm sure everything will be fine.
The pressure still seems to drop off in the shower, to the point where if you don't notice in time the flow seems to be too little to keep the burner going, and suddenly it's cold. It's really frustrating and is worst within the first 30 sec of being turned on. Again, I'm sure this is more to do with the old tapware, so after the bathroom reno everything should be good.
I'm resisting the urge to tell you about the particular gasfitter I used... but if anyone needs a recommendation for who NOT to use feel free to PM me.
Regards the plumber you got from the site builderscrack...I have had nothing but bad disastrous experiences from the other similar site called nocowboys and these were all plumbers and handymen with fantastic customer reviews!
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