Timeline for Will I get higher pressure in the shower if I move the water boiler to the attic?
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| Jan 16 at 0:12 | comment | added | FreeMan | "Please keep this thread and comments to the original question" but often, the question asked is asked on an invalid understanding of the one who asks the question. Asking WHY is strongly encouraged here, as is offering alternative solutions. So far, the answer to your question is "No", it won't make any significant change to your pressure and it will likely involve great expense and engender great risk. The simple answer to your question is "Yes", but it might not be worth it. We're pointing out that "worth" point. Up to you to decide if you're going to do it. | |
| Jan 15 at 19:43 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | I have read and heard tales of the damage from water heaters in attics. If they never fail catastrophically, then the attic instalation is great. | |
| Jan 15 at 17:42 | history | edited | MLEN | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15 at 16:21 | comment | added | MLEN | @Jim Stewart Have you seen my house? If I can have someone help me carry it up it would take me 30 minutes and $30 in material, then probably an hour to remove all the air. All plumbing is available already. | |
| Jan 15 at 16:18 | comment | added | FreeMan | It might also require a significant restructuring of the attic floor to support the weight of the full boiler. | |
| Jan 15 at 16:13 | answer | added | Greg Hill | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 15 at 16:12 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | Moving a boiler from the basment to the attic would be a huge project and expose the whole house to water damage risk. And for what--higher volume flow from the shower!? | |
| Jan 15 at 14:58 | comment | added | RMDman | Most likely issue is that you have a low flow shower head, or debris is in the screen, or the flow reducer. ( others have removed those to get better flow.) | |
| Jan 15 at 14:53 | comment | added | isherwood | Depends. You haven't told us where your water pressure comes from. Are you on a well? Municipality? Please revise to add detail. Chances are the location of a boiler is irrelevant. | |
| Jan 15 at 14:48 | history | edited | MLEN | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15 at 14:47 | history | edited | Niall C.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15 at 14:43 | history | asked | MLEN | CC BY-SA 4.0 |