shower feeds

[jackyp1234]

got a customer who wants a new mixer shower fitting, there old shower is about 7 years old and they want it replacing, the supplies are, cold from separate tank, and hot is fed from the cylinder, what brand of shower would you recommend? Both are piped up in 15mm at the moment and the pressure is good on the current shower, but they don't know what the make is, thanks

 

[jefaz]

Most showers are fine. Check its ok for system and I take it that both tanks are the same height?
As long as the centres are the same..... generally around 150mm then it should be an easy ask!
Personally i like mira showers but the price varys so much its up to them what they wanna spend

 

[jackyp1234]

sorry forgot to mention they have ripped all the tiles off so centres arnt an issue,cheers

 

[PlumbBobBob]

was the original one surface mounted or buried? although as the tiles are removed the previous question isn't really needed lol. as already said it all depends on their budget really anywhere from about £50 upwards.

 

[JCplumb]

In my opinion, all the low pressure mixer showers available pretty much work, but you do get what you pay for.
Advise the customer of this, whatever your labour charge is, tell them to add £100 for a basic shower that may last a good few years and also may be a bit temperamental, or they can spend an extra £300 for a shower with a good guarantee that will give them years of reliable service.
It's pointless trying to guess what they want, I've come a cropper many times trying to give the customer the lowest quote/price, so have gone for budget items, many times ending up fitting something that was a pain to get watertight, or to balance etc.
If they are prepared to pay for a decent one, you can't really go wrong with the known makes like Mira, Gainsborough/Aqualisa etc.
Put the ball in their court mate.

 

[REDSAW]

i would go for the gtx 2000 gainsborough electric (1mm twin and earth feed) pumped shower for around £100. gives a good power shower and cutomer will be happy.
easy to install.

 

[JCplumb]

Can't find that on t'internet, is that a cold-fed integrally pumped electric shower? For £100?
Or am I reading it wrong?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

it's a power shower hence only 1mm cable needed. takes both hot and cold feeds with an integral pump.

 

[JCplumb]

Nice!
I'm shopping at the wrong places then if there's a Gainsborough power shower for £100, I would have thought $150+

 

[jackyp1234]

customer like the mixer shower look, look at the gainsbrough exposed valve, for around £120, it says its suitable for low pressure systems, any one got experience with this shower? thanks

 

[JCplumb]

If you mean the Ambassador, yeah, I've changed more cartridges in them than any other shower type, all the jobs I've been to with those had them in for about 7-10 years, so not bad really. Nice earner to be honest, the carts do cost about £70 for an Aqualisa one or £120 for a Gainsborough one - both identical.

 

[jackyp1234]

just dont want to first fix my pipe work then have it tiled and discover the shower has rubbish pressure ( i know no one on the forum can help with this with out seeing the system im just winging) normally work on commercial stuff so not much knowledge on decent showers for gravity fed systems

 

[JCplumb]

There's 3 different kinds of cartridges, combi, pumped and low presure. They're different colours, I think the combi one is pink, not sure about the others. As long as you have the right cartridge I doubt you'll have any issues unless it's seriously low pressure. Do a quick google and you'll find the minimum pressure rating, I think it's 0.4