Connected to natural gas do I have mains pressure?

woody89, Feb 6, 8:06pm
Yes? Are you asking about water, do you have a problem or looking to replace taps or.
dyln.sampson, Feb 6, 8:09pm
Yea hot water. Previous owner connected to street gas. Want to install whole new shower
woody89, Feb 6, 8:14pm
Have a look at your cylinder.
dyln.sampson, Feb 6, 8:19pm
Don't have a cylinder
farwest, Feb 6, 8:20pm
If you have instantaneous gas, you have mains pressure.
dyln.sampson, Feb 6, 8:21pm
We are connected to street gas
farwest, Feb 6, 8:22pm
I meant, for water heating - you have a unit on an outside wall.
dyln.sampson, Feb 6, 8:23pm
Yea we do have two units
farwest, Feb 6, 8:26pm
They work on mains pressure, so that's what you have.
dastedly, Feb 7, 8:48am
beware if you have the shit poly pipe in your house the will not take mains pressure .end up with lots of leaks
farwest, Feb 7, 6:51pm
Polybutylene? Polyethylene? What sort of pipe do you mean?
pauldw, Feb 7, 7:18pm
Dux Qest (not spelled with a u) brand polybutylene. The worst parts are the connectors but the pipe also splits. Apparently after it was taken off the market a lot of original owners got compensation but didn't put the money into replacing it.
dyln.sampson, Feb 7, 8:49pm
House is 1974 built. Havent seen behind the walls but it probably has copper or galvanize pipes? not sure.
supernova2, Feb 7, 11:40pm
If its something like this
http://www.palomanz.co.nz/water_heaters.cfm?product_id=1063
then you will have mains pressure hot water.
As for your new shower let your plumber sort out what sort of fittings you need. That way it should all work properly rather than a hit and miss of selecting stuff you happen to like the look of.
farwest, Feb 7, 11:41pm
Probably not galvanised.
dyln.sampson, Dec 30, 2:11am
Yea thats what I have outside. & I dont care what the mixers look like just want it to be practical and not leak. Hence why im getting a plumber to do it.