Shower Recommendations?

discombobulate

Hi All. Looking to get the mother a new shower for Christmas. Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations and also how much you should expect a plumber to remove the current and install the new one for. Any help appreciated

corkgsxr

Get a Mira. Great showers.

Anything from 50 to 100

Depends on what was there and how easy new one fits in.

You need to find out is it mains or tank fed

discombobulate

corkgsxr wrote: »

Get a Mira. Great showers.

Anything from 50 to 100

Depends on what was there and how easy new one fits in.

You need to find out is it mains or tank fed

Thanks. By mains or tank do you mean running off the immersion or heating the water itself or something different? Its not an immersion shower

corkgsxr

What type of shower is there.

Is it electric or pumped?

If electric is it supplied from the tank in the attic or fed from the mains.

If you open the shower a tank fed will have a pump and element. A mains will only have the element

discombobulate

corkgsxr wrote: »

What type of shower is there.

Is it electric or pumped?

If electric is it supplied from the tank in the attic or fed from the mains.

If you open the shower a tank fed will have a pump and element. A mains will only have the element

Its electric. I'll get someone to send me the model number of the current one and see if I can find out from that although it'd be 17 years old. I'm thinking its from the mains purely because the pressure is quite low and i'd presume with a pump it'd be higher pressured?

corkgsxr

discombobulate wrote: »

Its electric. I'll get someone to send me the model number of the current one and see if I can find out from that although it'd be 17 years old. I'm thinking its from the mains purely because the pressure is quite low and i'd presume with a pump it'd be higher pressured?

You can't put a pumped off mains you have to supply it from the tank

A lot of the old showers had very poor flow rates even brand new

discombobulate

corkgsxr wrote: »

You can't put a pumped off mains you have to supply it from the tank

A lot of the old showers had very poor flow rates even brand new

Confirmed that its fed from the mains. She was apparently talking about a Triton T90 recently. Someone she knows must have one. Seen it here on Amazon. DOes this look like the type I should look out for?

Edit: I see this says its pumped so presume its tank fed then?

LIFFY FISHING

discombobulate wrote: »

Confirmed that its fed from the mains. She was apparently talking about a Triton T90 recently. Someone she knows must have one. Seen it here on Amazon. DOes this look like the type I should look out for?

Edit: I see this says its pumped so presume its tank fed then?

All mains fed showers perform poor, if you are looking to replace / upgrade the shower fit a Mira Elite St or Triton T90 which are connected to the cold water tank in he attic

corkgsxr

LIFFY FISHING wrote: »

All mains fed showers perform poor, if you are looking to replace / upgrade the shower fit a Mira Elite St or Triton T90 which are connected to the cold water tank in he attic

i disagree, if you have decent mains there great and much quieter

discombobulate

corkgsxr wrote: »

i disagree, if you have decent mains there great and much quieter

Its a Mira 8.4 supreme there at the minute

corkgsxr

discombobulate wrote: »

Its a Mira 8.4 supreme there at the minute

they always had poor output.

is there good pressure at your kitchen tap?
if so go for a mira sport myself

if not mira elite

discombobulate

corkgsxr wrote: »

they always had poor output.

is there good pressure at your kitchen tap?
if so go for a mira sport myself

if not mira elite

Cheers. Yes plenty of pressure in the kitchen. Will have a look at your recommendations. Cheers for the advice