A trickling tap is a nuisance, but when only one tap or outlet is underperforming, installing a pump to improve the water flow throughout the whole house can feel like overkill. To combat this, Salamander Pumps, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of domestic water pumps, has announced the launch of a brand-new pump, TapBoost, to offer a cost-effective solution to boost the performance of a single tap or outlet.

But what can TapBoost do for you?

  • Adds 6 litres per minute to incoming water flow
  • Can be installed on a single outlet at various points in a household
  • Specially designed be cost-effective
  • Compact design for fitting in tight spaces
  • Fit to either a hot or cold outlet
  • Incredibly quiet

Designed to boost the water flow to a single outlet to between 7 and 12 litres per minute,
TapBoost provides an easy solution for when a slow flowing kitchen tap takes an age to fill the kettle, a trickling bathroom tap makes washing hands difficult, or if your toilet cistern takes way too long to fill. The pump can be fitted at multiple locations around the house, giving life to any water facility that needs a boost, including bathroom, kitchen and garden taps, dishwashers, washing machines, toilets and showers. As well as being used in multiple settings, TapBoost is incredibly quiet and its inline design with robust brass fittings makes it easy to install in either a mains-fed or a gravity-fed system.

Gareth Richards, Technical Director at Salamander Pumps, said: “We’re really excited to
launch this product to the market, as there’s no competitor product quite like it. Our research
and development team have worked really hard to develop a pump that uses a different type
of motor that means we don’t need mechanical seals – reducing the possibility of leaks.”

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Why TapBoost?

Households in the UK can have a variety of different plumbing systems, many of which have
been changed, extended or replaced. This can produce a variation of water pressure and
flow across the system and crucially, at different outlets in the home. This means that the
water performance may be fine generally across the property, but with one outlet that is
simply not performing as it should.

And while there are plenty of solutions for boosting bathrooms or the whole house, if there
is just a single tap in the home that needs boosting, opting for one of these bigger solutions
seems like overkill and an excessive cost for the homeowner.

This is where TapBoost comes in, offering a cost effective solution for when there is just one problem point.

How does TapBoost help to improve water flow for a single outlet?

TapBoost is an inline pump, which attaches directly to the incoming water flow of an outlet
to improve the water performance.

What level of performance can TapBoost deliver?

TapBoost is designed to boost the water flow to 7 – 12 litres per minute (L/min), depending
on the level of existing flow. For example, if an outlet has an existing flow of 2 L/min,
TapBoost will add approximately 5 L/min, giving a total of 7 L/min out of the tap.

What level of noise does TapBoost make?

TapBoost has been specially made to ensure it is quiet in operation. The pump operates at a level of 34.2 dBA, which is much quieter than a regular pump.

Some things to consider

The best place to install TapBoost is directly before the outlet to be boosted. TapBoost
should always be installed indoors and can be installed horizontally or vertically, but never
upside down.

TapBoost is supplied with ½” BSP male connections on the outlet and 15mm compression
fittings on the inlet, compatible fittings will be required for the installation.

Although in theory multiple TapBoost pumps could be installed at different locations in a
house to improve the performance of multiple outlets, if poor water pressure and flow is a
problem throughout a property, it would be more cost effective to install a whole-house solution.

Depending on the home’s plumbing system, this could either take the form of a whole
house pump, or larger inline pumps and accumulator tanks. If a home has a gravity-fed
system, you should opt for a whole house pump.

Alternatively, homes with a mains-fed system should opt for either our CombiBoost or
HomeBoost pumps for a whole-house solution, as these can provide up to 10l/min and
12l/min respectively.

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