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Help with plumbing enquiry
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Murphybear
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Hopefully there are some plumbing bods who can help
We live in an over 60s HA property. Our bathroom set up is as follows
All electric, no gas on premises
No cold water tank
Hot water tank heated by immersion heater
No bath, electric shower
The shower is OK but not brilliant. What are our options to upgrade so we can have a more powerful shower. Is it a case of simply getting getting a more powerful electric or are there any other options. We don't know how many kWh our current shower is as it has been installed just to give large button controls
The bathrooms aren't due to be upgraded for 10 years but we can do it ourselves as long as we pay and get the work approved and inspected. We are planning to be here a long time and have a good budget
Thanks for reading
We live in an over 60s HA property. Our bathroom set up is as follows
All electric, no gas on premises
No cold water tank
Hot water tank heated by immersion heater
No bath, electric shower
The shower is OK but not brilliant. What are our options to upgrade so we can have a more powerful shower. Is it a case of simply getting getting a more powerful electric or are there any other options. We don't know how many kWh our current shower is as it has been installed just to give large button controls
The bathrooms aren't due to be upgraded for 10 years but we can do it ourselves as long as we pay and get the work approved and inspected. We are planning to be here a long time and have a good budget
Thanks for reading
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Make and model of your shower would help (I'm assuming that it's electric) and what is it's kw rating
You might need to check if the cabling/fuse is sufficient to feed a more powerful shower.
My daughter has one of these in her shower room and gives a reasonable flow https://www.screwfix.com/p/triton-enrich-white-10-5kw-manual-electric-shower/85818Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers0
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