Hi,
I really need some help with a shower replacement please. Long story short, our 1950s house had a mixer shower fitted donkey's years ago that apparently ran from the mains and wasn't 'allowed' anymore, we never had any problems with shower temperature or pressure. Our bathroom is downstairs. We had a new bathroom fitted and mixer shower replaced, there were endless problems with pressure (often not much more than a dribble if you wanted warm water). A restrictor valve of some kind was fitted to the cold water which helped a tiny amount. Three replacement mixers were fitted and eventually we had satisfactory pressure with the last one (the plumber of 30 years said he'd never experienced anything like it before and if this shower didn't work then there was nothing else he could do). Move forward 4 years and that mixer has pretty much fallen apart and needs replacing - I don't know where to start!!!
We have a cold water tank in the attic, gas boiler for CH/water on the ground floor and immersion boiler also on the ground floor. The cold water from the bath taps is very high pressure, the hot much lower.
So.... what kind of system is this please?! We've been told it is gravity-fed AND mains fed?!?!
What kind of shower is best? We cannot at this time have a pump / electric shower fitted. Is there a more 'heavy duty' mixer shower that can cope with this mess? Or, would fitting a shower to the bath taps be the best solution?!?!
Please help! I only want a warm shower with decent pressure, nothing fancy!!!
Thank you in advance,
Tracy
I really need some help with a shower replacement please. Long story short, our 1950s house had a mixer shower fitted donkey's years ago that apparently ran from the mains and wasn't 'allowed' anymore, we never had any problems with shower temperature or pressure. Our bathroom is downstairs. We had a new bathroom fitted and mixer shower replaced, there were endless problems with pressure (often not much more than a dribble if you wanted warm water). A restrictor valve of some kind was fitted to the cold water which helped a tiny amount. Three replacement mixers were fitted and eventually we had satisfactory pressure with the last one (the plumber of 30 years said he'd never experienced anything like it before and if this shower didn't work then there was nothing else he could do). Move forward 4 years and that mixer has pretty much fallen apart and needs replacing - I don't know where to start!!!
We have a cold water tank in the attic, gas boiler for CH/water on the ground floor and immersion boiler also on the ground floor. The cold water from the bath taps is very high pressure, the hot much lower.
So.... what kind of system is this please?! We've been told it is gravity-fed AND mains fed?!?!
What kind of shower is best? We cannot at this time have a pump / electric shower fitted. Is there a more 'heavy duty' mixer shower that can cope with this mess? Or, would fitting a shower to the bath taps be the best solution?!?!
Please help! I only want a warm shower with decent pressure, nothing fancy!!!
Thank you in advance,
Tracy