What type of shower can I have?

sho_me_da_money

Hi Community,

I am just renovating my bathroom and and have a combi boiler in the kitchen downstairs.

The pipe work for the shower unit is in but im struggling to find out what type of shower I need to look for online? Theromstatic, Mixer etc.

I ask because I showed the installer this installtion video for a Hansgrohe shower and he said this would not be possible due to my pipe configuration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssW1K4HbOrU

So this has left me wondering what type of shower spec should i be looking for?


Here are a couple of pictures of what my pipework looks like, which again, according to the installer, is not compatible for the Hansgrohe shower in the video above. No idea why - maybe someone can explain?







Thank you for the help!

plumb1_2

There are lots of different Hansgrohe showers, so your pipe configuration won’t do.
But there are other Hansgrohe  T bar showers that will fit the configuration if the are 150mm centers.

sho_me_da_money

Hey Plumb.

So I believe it is 15cm standard the installer was saying.

When am I looking for in the shower description to make sure its compatible with my setup?

Take for example this - https://superbath.co.uk/grohe-thermostatic-shower-euphoria-cube-230-xxl-1899?c=3158189

How would i know or what info/note would tell me I am able to use this for my wall?

Do I simply search for T BAR SHOWERS. Do I look for something else?

Sorry for being a newbie but I see so many showers but have zero idea which ones are good or not because they all look the same.

plumb1_2

Yes that shower has 150mm centers, so as long as your copper pipes protrude from the wall are 150 mm centers it will fit, the vast majority are 150 but not all.
And they need to be level 

ya search T bar showers if that’s the style you want 

sho_me_da_money

How from that page did you know it has 150mm centers? I can't see anything on the page that tells me that.

BUFF

the diagram

 

plumb1_2

At the bottom of the diagram it shows 150 plus or minus 15, but as you have copper tails sticking out of the wall instead of female fittings you can’t allow for upto 15mm adjustment.

sho_me_da_money

Thats excellent. So if I one copper pipe to the center of the other copper pipe as 150mm/15cm then I can have any shower with a diagram like that?

In terms of shower type, if the bar pressure is a a bit on the low side, does one shower perform better than another e.g. mixer vs thermostatic. I have been told with a mixer I could add one of those pressure boosters but not sure if you can with a thermostatic one.

Thank you gents.

sho_me_da_money

The actual shower I want is this one

https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/hansgrohe-raindance-select-s-showerpipe-240-thermostatic-mixer-shower-27129000-18174-1271306

The technical drawing shows 150mm centers. Assuming that I can buy this one right chaps?

plumb1_2

You would need to check your flow and pressure rates. That will determine what shower you can have. Before fitting any booster pump.

MikeJXE

I had a rain shower in my bathroom very similar to that, best shower I ever had off a combi 

No fancy spray system though but brilliant and didn't cost no where near that amount

Ok if you're going to spend a lot of time in it but I guess not with the cost of energy.