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I've got a pressure tester as well. you just screw it onto the tap (if it's a garden tap anyway) it's in se24 if you want it. Sure you can get some bodging bits and clamp it onto a normal tap or something if you need to. They're only 12 quid or something anyway.
I've got crosswater bits. They are the stuff you get from bathstore, right? runs fine off my combi. I had a water tank but i just put a loop in before it so the cold water is all mains fed now. Works pretty well but if anything it's too hot sometimes. I'm sure you'd be fine but I'm not qualifird to have an opinion so take that with a pinch.
The mains pressurised systems are good, megaflow is the standard brand and almost all modern installs use them. As said above ^ you've got to hope the extra pressure doesn't pop any old fittings but i've never seen it happen. You'll need a plumber and a reasonable amount of cash for it though. upward of 1K probably. Though you can get cheaper used cylinders on ebay, they are usually fine as there's no moving bits in them anyway. Pumps seem like a bit of a hassle to me, plus they are noisy. And do you really need that much pressure / waterflow? It will empty your hot storage tank in no time.
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