There is none denying that most of us like to enjoy our stay in the bathroom, though we may not afford that due lack of time and many like to indulge in long luxurious baths in the evenings after reaching back home at the end of a hard day at work. Time spent in the bathroom helps your nerves to calm down and water under high pressure rejuvenates the body and mind. The important consideration here is the pressure of water, which is usually insufficient and one is deprived of that pleasure of a long relaxed bath. But, that shouldn’t be a matter of concern with ways to increase the pressure. Here, let’s look into some of the ways to enhance water pressure in the bathroom to have added enjoyment while undergoing this daily ritual.
Raise the cold water storage
One way of doing it is to raise the level of water tank; the higher you go the more will be the pressure. This would involve construction of raised platform for housing your tank and extending the lengths of your existing water pipes to reach the raised tank. This method works out expensive and time consuming, being labor intensive.
Install a Shower Pump
A shower pump is driven electrically and increases the water pressure of shower stall.
Installation of pump delivers water at higher pressure and can be regulated to get a steady pressure and water flow into the shower. The specification or capacity of the pump that you need are decided by the already available pressure and the kind of water system you have at home, as there are different kinds of pumps available, depending upon the kind of water system you have.
These are the types of shower pumps that you can choose from for your bathroom.
Single Impeller
Such pumps have a single driving blade and are fixed between the mixer valve and the shower head. This kind of a pump proves useful if the water is not too low. This is a simple straightforward pump without any additional features or benefits.
Twin Impeller
This is the latest kind of shower pump. This comes with two valves, one each for controlling pressure of cold and hot water. If the pressure of water that you are getting is less than 0-5 bar, you will need this kind of a pump. These pumps can have additional features. Some have the facility of automatic regulation of water temperature and automatic shut down in case the pressure of either the hot or cold water gets too high to cause scalding.
Both of these pumps can have positive and negative head. Positive head comes into play if your cold water storage is above the shower level while the negative head is used if your cold water storage is below the shower level.
You should understand that any of the pumps can only be installed if your water system has a tank. Never install any pump if water supply to your home is coming straight from the mains. Further, the pump should not be installed directly on the broiler as it adds pressure to the broiler and may shorten its lifespan.
It should not be difficult to understand that installation of pump incurs additional expense by way of higher bills of power and water. However, the additional expense is worth if you like to have energizing showers that rejuvenate your body and mind.
Many of the modern shower pumps are designed to work like a thermostatic shower mixer, meaning they regulate the temperature of water coming out from the shower, thus there are no fears of getting scalded with hot water.
