Hi all
Looking for your expertise
Just moved into a property and the hot water pressure is nigh on non-existent throughout the whole house. Previous owner briefly mentioned it but said the whole family took showers so I didn't imagine it to be too bad (did check taps upstairs and was weak). We haven't moved in yet but took shower yesterday.... well I don't know how the hell they got showers but we wasted more water trying to get a decent temp which then basically pi$$sed out of the shower head!! Clearly this isn't going to work!!
So my question - is there anything we can do to improve the water pressure and what would we need to do to get a power or electric shower installed?
I'm not in the house right now so I'll have to follow up any answers to questions later (no reception or wi-fi currently installed) but there is a tank of some description in the airing cupboard right next door to the bathroom, I believe this is an immersion heater as there is a switch outside that says immersion heater .We have a Vaillant combi-boiler downstairs in the kitchen that I have not yet fathomed out how to work I don't know if there is a water tank somewhere but guessing there must be for the immersion heater to be in situ. Not sure why there is a combi-boiler and an immersion heater?
House is 7yr old, both been in place since day built. Fuse box is under the stairs, bathroom is at the front of the house (so not a million miles away).
Who would we contact to get quotes for the installation of a power or electric shower? Plumber, electrician or both? Rough estimate, excluding cost of the shower unit what sort of figures are we looking at? I know it's dependant on cabling, distance to unit/fuse box etc but if we're looking at £1000 it's a non-starter depending on how desperate I get but if it's £500 it's do-able.
Also, anything we can do to raise water pressure? Less concerned about this one if we can get shower installed but it's would take 10 years to run a bath..... or fill the kitchen sink thank christ I have a dishwasher.
Sorry for all questions but I'd like to get this done ASAP and have no idea where to start!!
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Very low hot water pressure/electric shower installation
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MooMaid · 04/05/2015 11:14
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