replacing defunct shower unit

brightonman123

old one had hot and cold water pipes (each with isolation taps, i know all the lingo!), and dedicated fuse power point on opposite wall - the unit's innards just wore out, no probs with power or pipes..

any suggestions as to type of shower to geet nowadays? the hot water comes from combi boiler, so at standard pressure - just needs a boost to get to me lanky head height..

are they easy to fit? or will i need plumber to make sure i dont frazzle?:A

abankerbutnotafatcat

To make our life easier with both the internal workings (I don't know the lingo but Mr abbnafc does thankfully!!) and with the external bits I.e. so we didn't need to re-tile we replaced our shower with a similar model from the same manufacturer, the excellent Aqualisa. We contacted their tech support told them what we had originally and how big the hole that needed covering was and they advised which model to go for. Mr abbnafc is a beginner-diyer and had never done this before but it took him half a day (and a bit of swearing!!) We ran it past our electrician first and he told us it was an easy job we could do ourselves. Ours was a thermostatic concealed shower fed by a combi boiler. I did note that there's an extra bit included in the pack for use with combis- a flow regulator or some such that helps keep the temperature consistent.

Canucklehead

brightonman123 wrote: »

old one had hot and cold water pipes (each with isolation taps, i know all the lingo!), and dedicated fuse power point on opposite wall - the unit's innards just wore out, no probs with power or pipes..

any suggestions as to type of shower to geet nowadays? the hot water comes from combi boiler, so at standard pressure - just needs a boost to get to me lanky head height..

are they easy to fit? or will i need plumber to make sure i dont frazzle?:A

Hi: could you clarify what type/model of shower you have now?

southcoastrgi

yes i'm the same as CH slightly confused, hot, cold & a power supply with a combi ??????

brightonman123

old shower was a Triton (T80?), with hot and cold feeds, then from hot water tank..

since then, boiler has been replaced, so feed to shower unit will be direct from there, not tank..

southcoastrgi

an electric shower ie triton t80 only has a cold mains supply to it no hot supply & it's not fed from the roof tank or it shouldn't be as it won't work correctly as there won't be enough pressure, it should be connected to the mains, if you are incorrect in identifieing the model as a T80 & it has indeed got hot, cold & a power supply then this sounds like a power shower & these will not work with a combi as they are designed for tank fed pressures not mains pressure

ListysDad

A T80 only has a cold supply. As Keith says it must have been a pumped shower and as it is not allowed to pump any form of mains water you cannot replace it like for like.

Get a plumber round to advise you but make sure its not the person who installed the combi as he was obliged to inform you of the consequences of the boiler change (i.e. that your shower would need changing asap) and didn't.

brightonman123

gueesed model number. long gone now..