Installing Electric Shower - Can I Do It

Joey122

Is it worth cutting corners and installing this myself?

I am pretty good at DIY and electrics but this will need rewiring which i have not done before

Are there any implications for doing this myself?

Has anyone on the board done this before?

keith969

No you need to conform to Part P regulations, so you either need a Part P electrician to do it for you or get the work inspected to make sure it conforms to IEE regulations.

Electricity and bathrooms are potentially a lethal combination so getting it wrong is not an option.

Viper_7

Sure you can cut corners yourself, and the implications are someone dying.

Joey122

keith969 wrote: »

No you need to conform to Part P regulations, so you either need a Part P electrician to do it for you or get the work inspected to make sure it conforms to IEE regulations.

Electricity and bathrooms are potentially a lethal combination so getting it wrong is not an option.

Do you have a link to this Part P electrician regulation please???

Browntoa

some of its here

http://www.theiet.org/publishing/wiring-regulations/part-p/

theartfullodger

Installing Electric Shower - Can I Do It Is it worth cutting corners and installing this myself?

Yup, you can do this if you like.

DIY coffins are possible also I hear,....

Are you asking for your own residence or somewhere you are renting out?? If the latter - get a nice man/lady in with the right letters after his name...

Cheers!

Lodger

Fire_Fox

Water plus electrics plus DIY 'enthusiast' .... bad combination.

RobertoMoir

Joey122 wrote: »

Is it worth cutting corners and installing this myself?

I am pretty good at DIY and electrics but this will need rewiring which i have not done before

Are there any implications for doing this myself?

Has anyone on the board done this before?

Quite aside from the legal issues (part P, etc) I think some things, especially dangerous ones, can be answered with the simple thought: "If you have to ask... then no, you can't"

poppy10_2

B+Q are advertising showers as being easy to fit yourself. Focus DIY and Which even have guides on how to do it yourself:
http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/Other-DIY-Projects/Installing-An-Electric-Shower/page/diy19
http://www.which.co.uk/advice/how-to-buy-an-electric-shower/installing-your-shower/index.jsp

fto

You can certainly plumb it in yourself, then get a sparky to wire it up.

real1314

You *could* do it yourself, but you'd need to know the size of the supply cable - assuming you already have a shower supply cable - and tbe able to work out, based on the substances it passes throuhg, what current it can handle - the electrical guide books can help with this, but....

I did my own, pre Part P, but my neighbour is a proper spark and I got him to check the wiring and stuff - the plumb9ng bit is ok if you're competent, especially if you use push-fit stuff, but you have to be extra sure with the 'leccy stuff - one bad connection = fire = burn baby burn!!