Question about a shower

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Hi, a shower was installed a couple of months ago, which now not working. There is a combination boiler in the kitchen which is the next room to the bathroom.

The plumber did not take the feed from the combinations boiler to the shower this not what was wanted. The plumber took a feed from the cold water from the sink in the kitchen to the bathroom for the shower, but did not take the hot water from there as well.

The shower is not working and would prefer to find out first if the the hot water could have been taken from the combinations boiler to the shower before consulting the pliumber.
:T:T

Richie-from-the-Boro

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Hi, a shower was installed a couple of months ago, which now not working. There is a combination boiler in the kitchen which is the next room to the bathroom.

The plumber did not take the feed from the combinations boiler to the shower this not what was wanted. The plumber took a feed from the cold water from the sink in the kitchen to the bathroom for the shower, but did not take the hot water from there as well.

The shower is not working and would prefer to find out first if the the hot water could have been taken from the combinations boiler to the shower before consulting the plumber.
:T:T

- electric which runs off the cold water only, or mixer shower which runs off both hot and cold water ?
- what type of shower ?

keystone

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Hi, a shower was installed a couple of months ago, which now not working.

It and the workmanship involved in fitting it are therefore both under warranty. Did he supply and fit or did he just fit sometthing you bought? Whichever get him back.

The shower is not working and would prefer to find out first if the the hot water could have been taken from the combinations boiler to the shower before consulting the pliumber.

Why? Its not working - just get him back under guarantee. Playing clever !!!!!! (the "you've installed it wrong" line and yes, the inference from your post is that is exactly where you are heading with this) won't endear you to him for one single solitary moment. Just make the call in the morning.

Cheers

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Thanks everyone for help, been in contract with the people that supply and fitted the shower and they it not possible to switch a electric shower to gas . They also said that all showers are fitted with a small motor which need to be wired up to be powered by electricity only.

macman

I'm baffled by your post. Please can you tell us the make and model of the shower that was fitted?
An electric shower requires only a cold feed, as it heats the water within the shower. A mixer shower runs from your existing hot and cold feeds and does not have a pump as standard (and does not require an electricity supply).
Are you saying that the plumber installed an electric shower but did not connect it to the power supply? Or that he did connect it; it worked then, but does not work now?

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macman wrote: »

I'm baffled by your post. Please can you tell us the make and model of the shower that was fitted?
An electric shower requires only a cold feed, as it heats the water within the shower. A mixer shower runs from your existing hot and cold feeds and does not have a pump as standard (and does not require an electricity supply)
Are you saying that the plumber installed an electric shower but did not connect it to the power supply? Or that he did connect it; it worked then, but does not work now?

Many thanks for your reply, which explained a lot, it is a mira shower and it is not working now, it only worked about 2 or 3 times and then it ran very hot water and the temperature would not regulate and now it only runs cold watere.
Therefore they installed the wrong shower and it should have been a mixer shower.

The shower is connected to the power supply but will only run cold water.

What type of mixer shower should have been installed to run both hot and cold water please. :T

macman

So it's an electric shower. You don't need to change the shower! If yours is faulty it is either a faulty unit (and so still under warranty), or possibly a faulty install (though it sounds like the former). Contact your installer or Mira.
If you ordered a mixer shower, why would they install 'the wrong shower '(an electric one)? Surely you know what you specified?
If you really want a mixer shower then you'll have to start (and pay) all over again, even assuming that a mixer shower will operate satisfactorily off your combi-this will depend on the flow rate and pressure, subject to an inspection by your installer.

StuC75

has the fuse tripped for the shower? maybe it overloaded the circuit and tripped the consumer unit? As per other posts, Electric Shower would only have cold feed.. was that the shower unit that you picked?

Richie-from-the-Boro

- there will be a thermal cut out / overheat switch inside the unit get the installers round to re-set it
- getting information in this thread is like pulling 'hens teeth' - a model number would get a schema

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A mixer shower is needed then for it to run off the combi-as that would be the most economical for the end user.