Want to install a shower instead of a bath

jenniewb

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I fitted one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/OurTaps-Thermostatic-Bath-Shower-Mixer/dp/B00AVUQJ7M/ref=sr_1_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1432147188&sr=1-3&keywords=thermostatic+Bath+Shower+Mixer last year. Mine was from ebay but possibly the same seller. It works really well. As it replaces the bath taps there's minimal plumbing so low fitting cost. As its thermostatic the temperature is constant regardless of other taps being used.
I fitted cheap shower curtains held up by string on hooks as a temporary measure to keep the walls dry until I either tile or clad the walls. If this is done tidily its fine as a permanent or semi permanent solution.

Thankyou and thanks for the link, but I really want a separate shower which is not about turning the taps into a shower. I grew up with a shower like that for too many years and just found it terrible! I would be standing up to shower (I hate baths, wont go in to why but really can't stand them! I also will not be sitting down whilst showering so even having a shower attachment is pretty wasted on me as I'd never use it.) I think a shower which comes from taps just wouldn't have enough pressure or water and so I've been trying to work out costs for an actual shower rather than tap-turned-shower.
But thanks for the thought.

Norman_Castle

jenniewb wrote: »

Thankyou and thanks for the link, but I really want a separate shower which is not about turning the taps into a shower. I grew up with a shower like that for too many years and just found it terrible! I would be standing up to shower (I hate baths, wont go in to why but really can't stand them! I also will not be sitting down whilst showering so even having a shower attachment is pretty wasted on me as I'd never use it.) I think a shower which comes from taps just wouldn't have enough pressure or water and so I've been trying to work out costs for an actual shower rather than tap-turned-shower.
But thanks for the thought.

The pressure and amount of water will be identical to a wall mounted, combi boiler supplied shower. The pressure comes from the cold supply. Without the angled bath brackets these are used as wall showers.
No need to sit down to use these. The shower hose can be any length. Mines fitted to a standard shower head on a riser rail fitted at the opposite end of the bath.

pendragon_arther

The installer will also have to wire up a separate connection linked directly to your fuse box/consumer unit and not take the source from a loop.

jenniewb

Norman_Castle wrote: »

The pressure and amount of water will be identical to a wall mounted, combi boiler supplied shower. The pressure comes from the cold supply. Without the angled bath brackets these are used as wall showers.
No need to sit down to use these. The shower hose can be any length. Mines fitted to a standard shower head on a riser rail fitted at the opposite end of the bath.

Thanks, I'm a little confused.


Growing up we had a bath with a shower application which looked nearly identical to the picture shown, only it had a globe shaped head.
It was awful.


My mother has an electric wall mounted electrical shower. It still runs miserably in my opinion but despite this is 100 times better than the shower we had when I was a child. I was hoping for even better than the electrical version but if your saying you don't think it could even be possible to better a shower addition I may as well give up now!


What I had been trying to get is a purpose built shower, ideally get rid of the bath but I'm trying to keep costs down so was just going to use the shower to stand in rather than get a whole cubical fitted. I don't have a decent water pressure from the hot tap so if I were just to take water straight from the taps without it being heated I'd never get a warm or hot shower because it would just drizzle or sprinkle pathetically.


The picture at the top posted by Robatwork looked great- pressure depending. I don't have a very large flat to put this in, the fuse box is about 3 meters from the bathroom (though across a hallway). Bit sad I'm not going to be able to get a shower, I had been sticking to using the shower at the gym but wanted to try to get a shower at home and cut the gym membership (hence saving up over some time). If I can't get a shower fitted I'll just end up sticking to using the gym showers but it will be a shame to give up.

Norman_Castle

I don't have a decent water pressure from the hot tap

The pressure comes from the cold supply.

robatwork

jenniewb wrote: »

The picture at the top posted by Robatwork looked great- pressure depending. I don't have a very large flat to put this in, the fuse box is about 3 meters from the bathroom (though across a hallway). Bit sad I'm not going to be able to get a shower, I had been sticking to using the shower at the gym but wanted to try to get a shower at home and cut the gym membership (hence saving up over some time). If I can't get a shower fitted I'll just end up sticking to using the gym showers but it will be a shame to give up.

This is possibly the least "MSE" thing I have ever seen - ie. you have a gym membership just to use a decent shower! Better to have a run outside or get an exercise bike (trust me there are hundreds acting as clothes horses available very cheap or free) and sort out your shower.

Get a plumber round to at least advise you properly - that won't cost you anything.

jenniewb

robatwork wrote: »

This is possibly the least "MSE" thing I have ever seen - ie. you have a gym membership just to use a decent shower! Better to have a run outside or get an exercise bike (trust me there are hundreds acting as clothes horses available very cheap or free) and sort out your shower.

Get a plumber round to at least advise you properly - that won't cost you anything.

Haha- your so right about that! My gym membership in all fairness isn't just about using the shower- I hate going to the gym but know if I don't I wont exercise. I hate exercise as much as a cat hates water (putting it mildly!) Add to this I have quite a few physical ailments which mean I am supposed to exercise (osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, joint wear and tear issues...etc) and an eating disorder which has an obsessive exercise component (lets just say I will exercise even if I don't feel like it and if this means pounding the streets till I can't walk due to the impact on my joints this is what happens). So I join a gym to exercise in a "safer" environment where I am unlikely to act like a maniac (because they might ban me) and my motivation? So I can use the shower rather than the bath I have at home!
I've wasted so much time, money and energy on all the sprains, fractures and knee pain I've had in the past that this is the best MSE way around things- damage limitation rather than cutting my losses, but no one said mental health issues made sense in the real worlds terms!


I doubt I'm going to be allowed an exercise bike (not only because I would abuse my health and would find it hard to not force myself to spend hours a day...as I used to when I ran outside a few years ago- not good!) but because I've just had a neighbour have to get rid of his inside bike, the flats I live in are not sound proof lets just say neither was he. The bike was taken away and he has been told it is not suitable for a communal block of flats if he is going to make that much noise! It rumbled very loudly, caused vibrations to some neighbours and his grunting just finished the rest of us off! I used to have a bike, but then it got stolen. So I used the Barclays bikes (in London) but then they increased the fees...I am in the process of leaving my current gym and know the cheaper gyms I am looking at have such rubbish showers that I am trying to find a suitable alternative so I can save money and downgrade my gym.