What type of shower can I have?

Belenus

Non electric Aquilisa in both cases.

jennifernil

We have recently replaced 2 bathrooms, removing baths and fitting large shower trays.   The house is 34 years old and still had the original Aqualisa showers, though we had replaced the cartridge in one of them.  We are in a soft water area.

We have gone with Aqualisa again.

ThisIsWeird

Belenus said:

ThisIsWeird said:

davemorton said:

Sorry to just on the thread op, but a couple of people have said that a thermostatic showers is a must, can I ask why please.  I understand if there are kids in the house, but the last 2 showers I have had fitted (different house), I have actively avoided them, and went with (none thermostatic) mixers as I find them more reliable over the longer term. 

Yes, a therm is less reliable - that device is the most likely part to fail, especially so in hard water areas. But on a combi system at least, I'd say def therm. 

We have found them to be very reliable despite being used frequently as we both shower rather than bathe.

Our 2005 built house, purchased by us in 2011, still has the original now 18 year old thermostatic shower. We are in a very hard water area. We fitted a water softener in 2016 so it had 11 years use with hard water.

In our previous house, a thermostatic shower lasted over 20 years and may still be working.

To clarify, I'm not saying they are unreliable, but just less reliable than a manual mixer, especially in hard water areas. Certainly not a reason to not have one.

plumb1_2

Generally Aqualisa showers are good, but in the last 2 years the only showers I’ve had to replace were Aqualisa Aquarian  3 of them. All 3 suffered small cracks in the plastic bodies. All approx 12 yrs old.  Only 15/20 minutes job to replace.