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ninat

Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 2:08 pm Post subject: What sort of shower?

We are having a small extension put on the house which will contain an en suite bathroom.
Our hot water is heated by an oil fueled boiler (megaflow pressurised system).
I know we will get a good flow from a mixer shower, but think we are not disciplined enough to reduce the time we spend languishing under it. Therefore we are likely to see our oil costs rise. Currently the hot water is only on for 10mins in the morning and 20mins at night (our boiler efficient but quite large for the size of the house)
An electric shower will give a reasonable flow and be instant- we have this in our main bathroom.
Our roof may be suitable for PV or solar hot water but that's not an investment we want to make yet.
So which shower is better?

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4591
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 2:11 pm Post subject:
Electric - in my case it "spreads the risk" in case your boiler has a problem, you can still get hot water

ninat

Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 2:18 pm Post subject:
Good point. It's 13 years old. Sill too efficient to warrant changing it according to our local boiler man.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 2:59 pm Post subject:
Electric

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 6:37 pm Post subject:
Personal preference rather than plumbing expertise .......Electric Mixer valves I find you have to mess about getting temperature right, Apart from a small change winter to summer, with electric you just switch it on and in seconds is at your chosen temperature. Downside with electric is if someone else runs a tap / flushes toilet - you get scalded.

ninat

Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 6:49 pm Post subject:
We don't seem to have that problem, but our water pressure is high so I'm guessing that prevents it. Thanks for your input- it confirms what we were thinking

john of wessex

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 2130

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 13 7:21 pm Post subject:
Flow rate on electric isnt that great But I agree it's good to have a back up

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