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Best way to heat bath water? Shower?

  • 07-05-2016 4:03pm
    #1
    summereire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭


    We're putting in a bath and have no plumbing already- we'll be showering most of the time but will also have baths particularly for the kids.

    The shower bit is straight-forward- we can get a shower unit and put it in. What to do though for filling the bath with hot water? We don't have any other water heating in the place- we use a dish washer to wash the dishes and have electric wall heaters.

    Will the shower do this- I've heard it can be a bit cool, take a long time and/or be expensive. Or if not a regular shower is there a special type of shower or combi unit? Or would we need to fit a separate water heater?

    Thanks for your advice and experience.


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  • #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,877 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    How is house heated?
    Are you saying you have no hot water cylinder in the hot press?
    Are you living in Endaland?

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  • #3
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,378 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    How is house heated?

    "Electric wall heaters"

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #4
    summereire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭summereire


    Yeah heating the place is grand, it's the water heating bit I'm trying to figure out. Like I said above, shower is straight-forward, but looking for suggestions of the best way of heating the bath water- no other water heating, cylinders or tanks are in place.


  • #5
    Calahonda52
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    Shower may not be as straight forward as it seems as you will have to run a serious cable from the shower back to the consumer unit.

    Re the bath, IMO, its a non runner based on current information.

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  • #6
    summereire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭summereire


    No problem with running any cables that we need to- we have a blank canvas. The question is simply what, out of everything available on the market, is the best way to heat bath water. Obviously a full immersion and hot press seems a bit excessive to do occasional baths (no more than max 2 or 3 a week) but I'm worried that the shower wouldn't be able to do the job either- unless I'm wrong and there are some that are up for the task.


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  • #7
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    summereire wrote:
    No problem with running any cables that we need to- we have a blank canvas. The question is simply what, out of everything available on the market, is the best way to heat bath water. Obviously a full immersion and hot press seems a bit excessive to do occasional baths (no more than max 2 or 3 a week) but I'm worried that the shower wouldn't be able to do the job either- unless I'm wrong and there are some that are up for the task.


    The shower won't be able to fill the bath with hot water, if that is what you are thinking. The water in the bath would go cold before you could fill it.
    An electric immersion is D energy rated.

    Your opinions seem to be a hot water cylinder heated with electric immersion or a combi boiler.


  • #8
    summereire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭summereire


    Are these small units that could be fitted in a bathroom space, in a cupboard etc?


  • #9
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    The shower won't be able to fill the bath with hot water, if that is what you are thinking. The water in the bath would go cold before you could fill it.
    An electric immersion is D energy rated.

    Your opinions seem to be a hot water cylinder heated with electric immersion or a combi boiler.

    This bit isn't true, I do this all the time with our kids when there no hot water. You just have to take the shower head off the stand and have it loose in the bath. Can get it just as hot as with taps. Only thing is it takes longer.


  • #10
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    pippip wrote:
    This bit isn't true, I do this all the time with our kids when there no hot water. You just have to take the shower head off the stand and have it loose in the bath. Can get it just as hot as with taps. Only thing is it takes longer.


    But not enough hot water for an adult. Bath for an adult is around 100 lites. It would take 15 to 20 minutes to get 100 litres in the bath with the bath water cooling as you still fill. So only suitable for small children.


  • #11
    DGOBS
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭DGOBS


    The shower won't be able to fill the bath with hot water, if that is what you are thinking. The water in the bath would go cold before you could fill it.
    An electric immersion is D energy rated.

    Your opinions seem to be a hot water cylinder heated with electric immersion or a combi boiler.

    Maybe a gas water heater would be your answer, like Rianni


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