what type of shower?

Kim_kim

When I had my bathroom fitted the fitter drew the shower I had bought off the cold water feed, it wouldn't work, no pressure.
I had to change it for an expensive pumped electric shower, a triton about £220.

Fast foward 8 years, the shower has broke & needs replacing, only now have I discovered that electric showers should be mains fed & I probably could have had any shower, but it needed to be fed off the rising main in the loft.

Do I now get a replacement triton for £220 & pay 2 hours fitting.
Or do I get a cold water feed brought from the mains & pay more fitting, but get a cheaper shower, any shower I was thinking of a budget Mira.

Are cold water feed pumped electric showers (as per my old one) more powerful than cold mains feed electric showers?
Any other advice?

phill99

Is your current shower. Hot and cold feed or cold feed only?

Kim_kim

phill99 wrote: »

Is your current shower. Hot and cold feed or cold feed only?

Cold feed only.

Ruski

Use the existing feed pipework, but cut into the mains in the loft and connect to that, then use your 'cheapo' shower at mains pressure. Obviously cap off the low pressure feed from the header tank

HTH

Russ

phill99

Kim_kim wrote: »

Cold feed only.

As ruski suggests.

Kim_kim

Ruski wrote: »

Use the existing feed pipework, but cut into the mains in the loft and connect to that, then use your 'cheapo' shower at mains pressure. Obviously cap off the low pressure feed from the header tank

HTH

Russ

The feed is presently tapped into the fill in the bathroom, it will need new piping from the loft down.

Kim_kim

As it will cost roughly the same

Expensive shower plus minimal fitting

Or

Cheaper shower plus more fitting

Why should I go for the latter option?

I think I should too, but why?

The third replacement will be cheaper - lol. But any other reasons?

globalds

how do you produce hot water in your home ?

electric heater , gas tanked or combi boiler with no tank ?

It might work out cheaper when you use a mixer if you have a combi boiler but if you are heating it in a tank then that would run out after a couple of showers and electric cold fed would give you shower after shower

Kim_kim

globalds wrote: »

how do you produce hot water in your home ?

electric heater , gas tanked or combi boiler with no tank ?

It might work out cheaper when you use a mixer if you have a combi boiler but if you are heating it in a tank then that would run out after a couple of showers and electric cold fed would give you shower after shower

My hot water is a gas ch boiler (not combi).
But I want a cold fill shower.
I like knowing I have a back up for hot water should I ever have ch trouble.
Plus it's already set up for that, so I'm not ripping stuff about. The cold water from the mains can be dropped in the void behind the shower from the loft.