Alessi

Both our children attended Mother Goose Greendale and were really happy there. The wildlife garden next door is a real plus and the food was fantastic - that really mattered to me as ours were picky eaters but I knew they were getting well fed at nursery (not the case now they're at school).

Update on our installation ? without Megaflo ? it was fine. We kept our combi boiler (Baxi Duo-tec Combi HEC 133 ? not the best boiler but that?s another story). Water pressure is fine although it takes a long time for the hot water to hit the loft in the mornings so I end up running the shower for about a minute before getting in. But that?s certainly not a problem I?d pay 10k to fix. Loving having my first ever stand-up shower which, incidentally, we got via Diamond Merchants on Acre Lane ? can?t recommend them enough, they were great. Thanks again to all for the tips above - we did measure the incoming flow rate Billy as you suggested and it was reassuring.

oh and husband points out that I should have spelt it Megaflo - apologies! And must be why I couldn't find any other threads on the topic - correcting it here so other people can find it.

Thank you so much all for these helpful comments / suggestions. We will certainly get outside with a bucket tonight and measure our mains flow Billy! We had a plumber round this morning who thinks our boiler could just about cope so think we will try going without the megaflow. Megaflow really does sound like a serious investment and we?d have to change our boiler (and probably, as you suggest, incoming pipes as well) ? the price the plumber suggested is going to be around 10k and we just don?t have that right now. Plumber also suggested upgrading the incoming mains supply at a later date if we find the pressure isn?t good enough (if so will definitely consider your ?mole? option), and also doing what he can when he plumbs in the shower to prepare pipes for the addition of a megaflow in future if necessary. In the meantime we will just cross our fingers and hope it's going to be OK...

Our builders have recommended we install a megaflow in our loft conversion to increase water pressure to top floor (we have a combi boiler, not particularly high-pressure, but does alright for current first-floor shower). They say nearly everyone ends up doing this to improve water pressure but 1) they are really expensive and 2) don't seem particularly environmentally friendly (more water and more electricity used). Has anyone NOT installed a megaflow and found that their shower worked OK? I'm not looking for an out-of-body shower massage experience, just want to be able to wash my hair properly!

Would definitely recommend Chris at Aerials Installed - he came out to us recently and had to first fix the wonky aerial on our roof,then rewire badly-installed aerial in loft. As he was about to leave and had packed up and put his ladders back on van, he noticed a flicker in the tv signal and insisted on getting everything back out again to go back up and investigate - and succeeded in fixing the flicker we'd lived with for two years. Was hugely impressed with his commitment and the quality of work for a reasonable cost.