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Anyone consider themselves au fait with pumps? It looks pretty straightforward to install (and I can get an electrician mate to handle that bit).
After redoing out bathroom it's become pretty clear ours isn't up to scratch. Old(ish?) Stuart Turner Showermate, but positive. Pretty sure we need a negative head. We're in a one bed flat, the "cold" water tank is about a meter above the pump, hot water tank is directly below the cold and on the same level as the pump. Low pressure in the system means the pump often won't engage (at all for the shower/bathroom taps), or cuts out (hot water often cuts while trying to find the "sweet spot" when using kitchen taps). Usually able to kick-start it into action by flushing the toilet, or leaving a tap running, but obviously far from ideal.
Also, assuming I'm not misdiagnosing this, suggestions on a pump? Just going to get a 2bar (current is 1.8) twin negative. Annoyingly, they're not cheap.