I Need A Shower

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i REALLY need a Shower!!!!!!!!!!!



im sick of baths

i want to fit an electric shower in my bathroom above the bath, the thing that confuses me is what should i do first, i have non of the wiring required for a shower so im effectively starting from scratch.

my question is should i buy the shower and then call an electrician to put the wiring in and plumb it afterwards (or do i need a registered plumber to plumb it in these crazy stupid days) or should i plumb it before i call an electrician.

help me, im stewing in my own sweat here!

jamie
 
IanC_UK said:
I believe a plumber should be able to do it all, or will know a decent electrician to complete the job ! :) Best bet, find a plumber and ask them ! ;)
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whereas i dont begrudge paying an electrician to create me a fused spurr\pullchord etc for the shower (cuz id kill myself), i do begrudge paying a plumber to do what my grandad taught me to do from the age of about 6 simply because i need some sort of qualifications or certificate to fix to bits of pipe together......
 
Plumbing part you can do as a DIY, but cause its electrikery and its in your bathroom and also you are creating a new connection/switch etc... you'll need a Part P sparky. As any new wiring needs this by law now when in the kitchen/bathroom or outside. Its an bummer but its there to protect you.
 
Those instant heaters draw a lot of power. It will probably need running direct from the mains distribution unit. An isolator switch will need to be fitted outside the bathroom too I think (not looked at IEE regs for ages). Don't think there are pullcords for that type of load. The shower unit turns itself on and off with the water flow.

With that in mind you could save a bit of cost by checking out the cable route and preparing access in advance.
 
whitewash said:
whereas i dont begrudge paying an electrician to create me a fused spurr\pullchord etc for the shower (cuz id kill myself), i do begrudge paying a plumber to do what my grandad taught me to do from the age of about 6 simply because i need some sort of qualifications or certificate to fix to bits of pipe together......
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I don't believe you do for a shower unit in your own home m8 ... if you are more than capable then I would do the job yourself ... :thumbs: ... you could even tackle the electrics if you wanted (only illustrating the point as I hear what you said about suicide by trickery ... :lol:)

Electrician will tell you where he needs space for his stuff when he visits to price up ... do the plumby bit ... call sparx back ... finish final plumb jobby ... fix box ... hey presto rain in the bath ... job done ... :p
 
If you have decent water pressure, why not get a shower you run from the taps? It would be cheaper to buy a new set of taps with shower attachment than to fork out for plumber & electric shower.
I have one of the aforementioned tap jobbies and would never go back to an electric shower. I stayed with my sister recently and used her electric shower - compared to mine, it was like standing under a bit of mist :)
 
RobertP said:
Those instant heaters draw a lot of power. It will probably need running direct from the mains distribution unit. An isolator switch will need to be fitted outside the bathroom too I think (not looked at IEE regs for ages). Don't think there are pullcords for that type of load. The shower unit turns itself on and off with the water flow.

With that in mind you could save a bit of cost by checking out the cable route and preparing access in advance.
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Quite correct it will need its own separate circuit straight from your dis board and probably in 6mm T & E ... ;)

But you can get pull switches of the right capacity to cope with the load ... :thumbs: ... they are just for isolation ... as you rightly say they generally do the on & off bit themselves going with the flow ... :p
 
i wasnt sure if i was ok to do the plumbing myself. im lucky in that the main electric supply to the house is in the utility room, right next to the bathroom (stupid downstairs bathroom!) so the cabling/trunking doesnt have to go to far!
 
minimeeze said:
If you have decent water pressure, why not get a shower you run from the taps? It would be cheaper to buy a new set of taps with shower attachment than to fork out for plumber & electric shower.
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And you can't argue with that bit of logic either ... :p
 
Venomator said:
And you can't argue with that bit of logic either ... :p
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tank fed hot water from a weedy boiler, thus no mixer for me

anyone noticed you can write hot water as one word without the swear filter having a fit!
 
whitewash said:
anyone noticed you can write hot water as one word without the swear filter having a fit!
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I used to work in a town called S****horpe - the swear filters on forums always censored it for some reason :thinking: :lol:
And, oh, what a surprise - this one has too :lol:
 
You can do the plumbing yourself but with recent regs you have to have wiring in bathrooms/kitchens certified. The sneaky ***** have changed the colour of mains cable so a inspector/surveyor knows if you have done the work after the reg date and will ask for a cert when you come to sell .

It's a pain in the **** as I've done all my own work for the last 30 years :bang:
 
mrgubby said:
You can do the plumbing yourself but with recent regs you have to have wiring in bathrooms/kitchens certified. The sneaky ***** have changed the colour of mains cable so a inspector/surveyor knows if you have done the work after the reg date and will ask for a cert when you come to sell .

It's a pain in the **** as I've done all my own work for the last 30 years :bang:
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You could still do it yourself ... using the right cable 'n stuff of course ... and then get a sparx to certify ... ;)
 
Didn't know we had a swear filter **** **** ****

COOL!!!! :naughty:
 
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