How to Fix Low Hot Water Pressure in Your Home
Many homes suffer from poor hot water pressure coming from their kitchen or bathroom taps and showers. This is often due to an older gravity-fed hot water system, living on a rural property using tank water, or being situated in an area with poor mains pressure.
Poor hot water pressure usually means extra minutes in the kitchen while you try to fill the sink — or, more annoyingly, putting up with lukewarm, feeble-pressure showers. Fitting an electric Hot Water Pump can solve many of these problems.
What Causes Poor Water Pressure?
The causes of poor water pressure can include:
- Not enough elevation from the water storage tank to provide sufficient head pressure to the outlet
- Old pipes with corrosion limiting flow
Fitting an Electric Hot Water Booster Pump from Water Pump Warehouse may well be the answer — particularly for boosting hot water pressure in a gravity-fed system.
Water Pump Warehouse is a leading hot water booster pump supplier, importing a range of high-quality yet economical hot water booster pumps that are easy to install and can instantly improve your home’s hot water pressure.
How the Pump Works
A Gravity Fed Hot Water Booster Pump is a circulation pump fitted to the water pipes between your hot water system and the rest of your house. The pumps from Water Pump Warehouse feature automatic operation, using either an internal or external flow sensor — turning on as soon as you open the hot water tap, and off again when you close it.
The flow sensor detects water moving past it and instantly activates the pump. For best results, the pump needs at least one metre of inlet head pressure to trigger the flow sensor.
Installation
Our Automatic Hot Water Pumps and Circulation Pumps are easy to install and only require basic tools. However, we usually recommend having a qualified plumber supervise the installation.
A few things to keep in mind:
- The pumps run on 220-240 volts and require a conventional power point mounted nearby
- They are not designed for outdoor use — they need cover to keep the circuitry dry
Other Uses
These circulation pumps have many other applications, including boosting water flow through solar hot water systems, irrigation, and even assisting with water circulation for a homemade spa.
Need Help?
Call Australian Water Pump Warehouse on 1300 33 44 34 for tips on your Hot Water Booster Pump installation, or for more information on our Gravity Fed Hot Water Booster Pumps.
