Showers and central heating

[Jojojojo55]

Boring thread alert but need help and advice.

After years of it not working we now have enough money to fix our en-suite shower. I would really love a mixer shower, running off hot water , not electric. When I mention this the company say due to heating system I need a shower pump but don’t have room for it and it’s really noisy. Our current heating system is a gas boiler and hot water cylinder with cold water in loft .
My questions are - can you get electric shower as good as mixer showers, or would having a combi boiler mean a mixer shower can be easily fitted ?
Any advice greatly appreciated as need my own bathroom as 3 dd take far too long in shower washing long hair

Morning, @Jojojojo55 - we've moved your thread now, as requested.

We have a hot water tank not a combi boiler and both our showers are mixer? But yes I've had very good electric showers that are more powerful than the mixer ones I currently have. Sorry I can't give brand name details as unsure!

Thanks mn for moving and thanks @folloyourarro for reply,

I have a shower pump and it really isn’t noisy. It’s also not that big and would fit under the bath. I would push for this option, I have never had a less than piss poor shower with an electric one.

Get 3 plumbers to quote and get 3 opinions. Maybe the company you have asked to quote is trying to make you go for what they prefer to fit. We've got a normal boiler, a hot water tank and a pump on our shower. It's noisy enough to hear, but it's not on for long. We have an Aqualisa Quartz classic and it's brilliant. Had it for 16 years.

I've had an aqualisa electric shower and was better than the one I had with a combi boiler. (Aqualisa also have good after sales service.)

I have two mixer showers one electric. I'd always have one electric now - it's just as good pressure as the others and if some (teenage boy...) should have a shower right after taking a bath (I'm being unfair, my daughter does this too) and gosh we didn't realise we'd be using all the hot water... there's the electric shower to save their mother from having go out with dirty hair.

That’s my preference but the plumbers I have spoken to seem to not like that idea, is it too complicated??

Sorry reply above was to @Pineapplemonkey, hadn’t refreshed,

I don't think so, I didn't have the electrics in place so had to have that done in addition to the pump and shower, but you might have. My plumber didn't really give me an alternative as he doesn't like electric showers. I've got an Aqualisa Sierra which has a fixed head and a then a separate moveable shower head.

OP if you have more than one bathroom changing your system to an unvented cylinder may be best.

As you have a loft tank your current cylinder is vented and runs at a pressure determined by the ‘gravity’ in your system.

An unvented cylinder would give you mains pressure so you can have a mixer shower.

A combi boiler would also give you mains pressure but if you tried to use more than one shower/run taps at the same time it won’t cope well while an unvented can.

Upgrading to an unvented cylinder means you don’t need to change your boiler and you would get rid of the loft tank.

Only issue is making sure you can place an unvented cylinder in your house ok.