Shower fitting and Tiling - where to start

ukshaz

Hi all

Typical "girly" here lol ... and about to ask what I know will be stupid questions

I live in an old house and it has never had a shower to my knowledge

I do know I have a really really old Primatic system and an old baxi bermuda back boiler and fire that I dont have the money to change right now

I want to have a powershower fitted over the end of the bath and at the same time have the bathroom tiled

My questions are

1) Do I need a plumber or an electrician or are there people who can do both bits ..and if so, how do I find them ..is there some qualification I need to be looking for here ?

2) If there has never been a shower, then will it be a big job with cabling etc

3) in terms of electrics, shower fitting and tiling .... what do I do, in what order ... for example do do the electrics first, then tile, and then fit the shower once its tiled ?

4) what else do I need to be aware of


Thanks for any and all help .... am really at a loss as to where to start

cheers
Sharon

adaze

Welcome to MSE!

This should be moved to DIY really.

A plumber that is part p certified will be able to do the electrics I beleive. You may need an electrician if you need a seperate shower circuit, but your local building control will be able to tell you for sure.

If there has never been a shower they will need to install a new shower circuit, and if your house is old the electrician will probably need to renew at least the main earth bonding, if not install a new consumer unit.

Electrics, plumbing, tiling, fit shower.

It's not going to be that cheap

Cardew

Just a point on terminology.

I believe you mean an 'electric shower' and not a 'power shower'

An electric shower has cold water fed to it and it is heated in the shower unit.

A 'power shower' is hot and cold water mixed and supplied at pressure by a fitted pump. It uses a large amount of water.