Electric shower options that look good?

jscott08

I'm putting a new bathroom in to my flat, however there is no central heating so its currently all electric. I don't particularly want to finish my bathroom to a high standard and put a regular electric shower in as they never look very nice - if possible i want a proper wall mounted shower head. Is there a way to that without central heating?

[Deleted User]

Get a Mira with the 360 shower head. Looks good and feels great.

Ruski

Buy this and get the fitter to connect it to a rainfall head or whatever you want. (Unit is positioned elsewhere)

HTH

Russ

keith969

The problem is that the flow rate from an electric shower is limited, and so the showerheads used tend to have very small holes in order to work satisfactorily. Fit a 'proper' shower head and you may find that either the temperature is low, or the flow is inadequate.

lauraland

I got this fitted to a bristan bliss electric shower, looks the part and the shower feels amazing https://www.amazon.co.uk/Croydex-Chrome-Traditional-Rain-Shower/dp/B00M49YM04

Triton,Mira and aqualisa all do fancy looking electric shower units that won't stick out like the average white plastic ones.

benjus

If you have a suitable place for it, I guess you could install something like this: https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/redring-powerstream-12kw-574-32987

And combine it with a shower mixer and head.

You should probably discuss this with whoever is going to install your bathroom to see what kind of options you have.

jscott08

Thanks everyone for the replies it's been very helpful.


Thinking about it, the instant water heater may be the best option. I also have a kitchen sink and bathroom sink that will need hot water too, if i just get an electric shower i would need to sort those separately. The place is being gutted with new walls and brand new kitchen/ bathroom - what would be the best way for me to get hot water to the kitchen taps/ bathroom taps?

tonyh66

jscott08 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies it's been very helpful.


Thinking about it, the instant water heater may be the best option. I also have a kitchen sink and bathroom sink that will need hot water too, if i just get an electric shower i would need to sort those separately. The place is being gutted with new walls and brand new kitchen/ bathroom - what would be the best way for me to get hot water to the kitchen taps/ bathroom taps?

The redring unit is not suitable for use on a shower/thermostatic valve or for kitchen sinks.

QUOTE 'PLEASE NOTE: The Unit is not designed to provide hot water for filling up baths or kitchen sinks.

The Powerstream unit is not designed for use with thermostatically controlled taps'

benjus

tonyh66 wrote: »

The redring unit is not suitable for use on a shower/thermostatic valve or for kitchen sinks.

QUOTE 'PLEASE NOTE: The Unit is not designed to provide hot water for filling up baths or kitchen sinks.

The Powerstream unit is not designed for use with thermostatically controlled taps'

It is suitable for showers, just not thermostatic valves. Look at the PDF sheet linked from the page. A thermostatic valve is unlikely to be necessary if you have a feed of instantaneously-heater hot water coming directly from the heater to the shower.

benjus

Having said that, if you're gutting the place and putting everything in new, you might want to consider a central electric water heater for the whole place (the one I linked to would not be suitable for that). How is hot water currently supplied to the sink, washbasin etc?

jscott08

benjus wrote: »

Having said that, if you're gutting the place and putting everything in new, you might want to consider a central electric water heater for the whole place (the one I linked to would not be suitable for that). How is hot water currently supplied to the sink, washbasin etc?

I think i may go down that route, seems it would solve all problems and i could then install any shower i want right? The only thing would be cost, are they expensive to install? The benefit of the flat is that the kitchen sink and bathroom sink/shower will only be about 2 meters away from eachother so i assume that would make it easier getting an electric water heater system in.

To answer how the current sinks are currently heated, the kitchen sink isn't heated at all. the bathroom sink may have a heater under it but i haven't checked (only been in a week).