New electric point

rubyrose

Hi

I'm about the refit my bathroom and there is no electric point in there for an electric shower to be fitted. Currently my electric shower is in a cubicle in a bedroom where the previous owner put it!

The bathroom is above where the fuse box is so if I get an electrician to run power cables up through and then under the floor and up the wall to where I want the shower, it isn't too far. However it could get quite costly for this to be done. The other option is to have a mixer shower running off the taps and boiler etc.

Does anyone have any idea how much it will cost for the wiring to be installed for the shower to be moved? If it's a lot of money it may be worth just changing to a mixer shower.

Thanks

Johnhowell

An electric shower will need its own MCD in the consumer unit and 14mm² cable in between.


I had the old consumer unit replaced with a 12 module unit, shower cabling and ceiling pull cord switch, loft lighting, sort some other minor issues and electrical system tested - local electrician (2 lads, one day), certificated = £880.

Then plumber to re-arrange pipework in loft over the shower, install customer supplied shower unit, sort some other minor issues = £170

Work did not need channelling in to walls or floorboards lifted.

Good luck,
John

rubyrose

Thank you for your quick and detailed response, much appreciated

thescouselander

That seems expensive to me. The pluming is usually very simple and just a matter of running a feed from the existing pipe to the cold water tank in the loft - not an expensive job and an easy DIY task if you're so inclined.

On the electrical work it's usually 10mm cable that's used and if your consumer unit doesn't have a space for the required mcb/RCD there's always the option to have a separate unit housing these instead of changing the whole thing. I would say that in my experience electrician's are always very keen to change consumer units as its a nice little earner for them - think carefully before doing this as it's expensive and your old setup might be perfectly serviceable.

Bottom line I reckon you could get sorted out for less than £400 but the only way to tell for certain would be to get some quotes.

GwylimT

We had ours done recently, including electrics, without the purchase price for the shower it cost £350. This included channeling pipes, lifting floorboads and retilling a small area.

Le_Kirk

If you have the opportunity, run a separate pipe to the shower from the cold water tank as that will negate any issues with someone else turning on a tap or flushing a toilet and causing the pressure to reduce to the shower.

thescouselander

Le_Kirk wrote: »

If you have the opportunity, run a separate pipe to the shower from the cold water tank as that will negate any issues with someone else turning on a tap or flushing a toilet and causing the pressure to reduce to the shower.

Most showers have to be run from the mains water to get enough pressure.

rubyrose

Thank you all for your replies, it's appreciated