To have 2 pump showers instead of a pump and an electric- because of aesthetics?

[Gibgertea]

Dh says we should have 1 of each for back up if boiler breaks and so hot water isn’t used up however we’re a family of 3 adults in a 4 bed house that shower at different times.Sometimes have another sibling staying. I see his point though.

For context I love the tongue and groove older style of bathroom and can’t find an electric shower that I don’t hate( ugly plastic or metallic boxes with heads I wouldn’t choose).

But will I regret 2 pump showers?Currently living with just 1 pump between the 3 of us and it’s fine.

We have this. Personally I don't think it's terrible to look at and does the job.

https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/mira-azora-dual-9-8-kw-electric-shower-frosted-glass-1-1634-156

We have a combi boiler. I, not sure why, have this idea that immersion boilers are old fashioned. I hate visiting my parents as they always run out of hot water and I hated waiting for the thing to heat up. Never lived in a house since that didn't have a combi. Water pressure in our current house is absolutely crap but the shower seems to be fine, but I'm not one for having my back pummelled by water anyway. Stayed in a premier inn recently and the pressure bloody hurt!

That is the one DH is trying to persuade me to have! I think it’s the best looking electric one I’ve seen but the box is big and I’m not 100% keen on the hand held shower head.Was also hoping for brushed nickel. Yeah I know I’m fussy. 😬

That's the nicest electric shower I've seen. Not hideously expensive either as I was expecting it to be!!

@Gibgertea I'd go for this in the second bathroom, you can have a pump one in the bathroom you use.

That seems like a win-win to me

Oh, I just read your last post!

it's going in your second bathroom, not the bathroom you usually use, so honestly how often are you going to be looking at it??

The box is reasonably big, but it's not unattractively huge. It's 1,000,000 miles from the old electric showers.

I'd go with that in the second bathroom and have a much more modern look to the whole bathroom.

Electric showers are like showering in a puddle

Yeah it’s definitely the nicest I l’ve seen however I was kind of going for an older look in both bathrooms with more older items, tongue and groove and wood.The electric shower would be tucked away in the en suite though and wouldn’t be too visable. I’d know it was there though.🤣

He's got good taste 😉

I don't really notice the size compared to the previous standard white box we had tbh. Once it was in and the bathroom was done it just sort of faded into the background for me, but for a fussy fucker someone with a keen eye for detail 😂i can absolutely see why a pump would be the preferred option. I just have a case of the meh's when it comes to stuff like that.

Can recommend the shower though if you do go down that route 👍

It all depends on what type of boiler /hot water system you have.
Old fashioned indirectly heated tank, gravity fed you need a pump as the hot water pressure is dependent on how high the header tank is.
Combi boiler, will provide enough hot water for one shower, hence the popularity of electric showers in en-suites.
Indirectly heated, mega flow tank, operates at mains water pressure, so if the pressure arriving at your house is high enough you can have 2 may be 3 showers running at once, this is the best (and most expensive) solution, but has to be installed by a suitably qualified person and needs regular safety checks, as you got a tank full of hot water at high pressure waiting to explode.

This had never occurred to me. We've had 3 houses, one had a combi boiler, the other two had water from a hot water tank to feed the shower. I've never experienced an electric shower that was much good. I would go with decent showers, unless one is rarely used.