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So do springs have pressure tanks and is a holding tank gravity fed going to generate enough pressure to get an electric shower to work?I would be nervous of all these holding tanks leaking...already have them with the solar heated water..Had to replace copper tank after 12 years..we do live in a hard water area.My neigjbour has a spring..they have had problems with it silting up recently..but that was after about 40 yeats of neglect.
Depends how much higher than the house the tank is?
I am on the edge of the Strine Drainage Board an area of marsh that was reclaimed back in the 19th Century.You contribute depending on land area.There's some major infrastructure required (lots of syphons) and increasingly the local authority put 101s (special agreements from developers) from any major house builders on the maintainance of all this drainage.Interesting about the shower pressure...I have an abundance of solar heated water in a tank on the Ist floor bathroom. The plumber who installed it reckoned the pressure would be ok for a shower to be put on the groundfloor....but I had my doubts and never went ahead with it.Agree you need 3 for a decent shower...I think we're all use to super showers now with hotels/leisure facilities. Putting a dual element ( one hot & one cold ) electric pump in the feeds to the bathroom for the extra shower should solve any pressure problems . There is a pressure valve/switch in the pump housing that can often be adjusted to get the right pressures . I fitted a massive brass body pump to solve my low water pressure feed problems and added an extra much bigger header tank for the hot water reserve water . Re septic tanks;_ Our local " You make it we take it " owner saod to me that iIf they are working properly ....lift the lid and look , you'll find a few fresh turds floating , some dark aged bits and plenty of chicken & leek coloured water . As the solids start their bacterial digestion journey they break up & very slowly sink ,dissolving due to internal water movement that occurs when new water is added . As the tank receives more water the " juices " dilute even further and runs out the soak away . Emptying one for a family of four need only take place every five to ten years so long as the soak-away is OK and no one using the toilets has a course of strong antibiotics ( they have occasionally been known to kill the biological action in a septic tank) .You can either use live yoghurt or purchase a biological septic tank re activator to overcome the killing off by the antibiotics if this has become a problem . Though chucking two decent forks full of rotted manure or adding a couple of gallons of liquid manure made of the same ingredients & put in the tank is also a way of getting it going again .
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