Electric shower unit fitted in daft place - but is it safe?

Lorian

Doesn't even look like the shower head would make it in to the holder comfortably.

The unit is tool low for me, but I think (assuming the door doesn't leak) you could rescue this relatively easily by moving the rail on to wall to the right of the unit.

It shouldn't be a big job to move the rail. You'll have two small holes to make waterproof and grout (or use silicon) but that's pretty easy to do. likely you'd need to drill one or two tiles - easy enough to do if you google how, and make sure the hole is not tight on the screw.

zoothornrollo_2

yes thanks, am going to move the rail.

zoothornrollo_2

macman wrote: »

It wouldn't have taken much of your time to put a pencil mark on the walls where you wanted the showerhead and main unit...
You delegated the choice of height to him and he got it horribly wrong.

I pay tradesmen to be good at their trade and not make idiotic decisions.

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andyhop wrote: »

Siliconed around they are more than suitable to be in the wet/splash area

From the instruction book for my shower:

"This product is splash proof, and is approved for use over baths. However, do not install the shower heater in a position where the handset in its normally parked position, will consistently direct spay over it."

The other important consideration for siting the shower is that it must be at the correct height relative to the rose in order for the pressure switch to cut off the heat safely before the water temperature gets excessive. Putting the rose a lot higher than the shower unit will raise the pressure and make the switch cut out at too low a flow rate, with the potential for scalding. Note that this problem won't be solved by moving the rail to the other wall. The shower unit needs raising.