Lidl Thermostatic Shower £14.99

thewelshman_2

Sorry wasn't meaning to sound harsh about the low pressure feed!

gromituk

Separate taps would be very unlikely, as they are another peculiarly British thing (due to the different pressures of hot and cold water with the traditional system). By the way, "Lidl" is not an abbreviation so doesn't need to be capitalised.

Barter

Been to Lidl this afternoon; they still had a number of each version, but on reading the box it quite clearly says for use with instantaneous heaters only, & not suitable for use with a storage tank - so I left it.

barjam_2

got myself a shower head and raiser, really wanted the shower but on looking at it i realised that it wouldnt fit in place of my other one without getting in a plumber :doh:

chrisw

The box says not suitable for hot water storage systems. My hot water is supplied from an immersion heater tank - does that mean its not suitable?

I've opened the box and the instructions inside say it is suitable for hot water storage systems but not very low power boilers so I should think it will work ok.

wildheart_2

SilverScooby wrote:

To get an idea of how much of a bargain this is, see the price of this one from Grohe, which looks remarkably similar to me!
http://www.plumb-warehouse.co.uk/ishop/968/shopscr288.html

not really a good comparison as grohe are one of the dearest makes on the market.

Flimber

Just heard that our local (Normanton) is out of the thermostatic thingamajigs*. So that's that idea come to nothing then

Mike.

*tons of everything else though.

quoia

Flimber wrote:

Just heard that our local (Normanton) is out of the thermostatic thingamajigs*. So that's that idea come to nothing then

Mike.

*tons of everything else though.

Plenty there at noon !!!

Godspeed

Just for reference for anyone thinking of buying this but hesitant because they might be worried that the pipes on your current setup won't line up with the inlets in the mixer.

There are two 'S' shape adapters which can be rotated and so vary the distance of your current pipework to match the distance on the mixer (150mm)

Very thoughtful setup!


Cheers

G

Spikey_2

Do they go on the wall or will fit existing tub?