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Hi folks, thinking about replacing electric shower that came with the house with a nice thermostatic mixer. We have a 24 kW Worcester-Bosch Combi, fully modulating, hopefully it is suitable.
I was aiming to buy a shower myself, then get someone to fit it.
First of all, the original building contractors fitted an electric shower, which makes me wonder if there was a reason why a mixer woldn't have been suitable (though it was probably because they were being cheap). So I was wondering if any experts could advise on that and what to look for/avoid in a thermostatic mixer when used with a combi boiler? I was looking at the Mira Excel, which seems both suitable and reliable according to people.
I was looking for a mixer that would be able to provide good temperature control down to about 6L/min, which is the lower limit of warm mixed flow that keeps the boiler flame alive (or about 3L/min on the hot tap alone). Maybe they can all do that, I just don't want to be forced to have a stupidly-powerful shower and waste water and energy, but just to have that option if I feel like it!
My main question is the above, but also if I get someone to do it, any idea roughly how much I should be expecting it to cost labour-wise? It would involve running a 2nd flexible pipe up the inside of the wall, removing old shower, isolating it, fitting new shower and re-tiliing where necessary. (and would one person be qualified to do all that?).
Thanks folks
Andy
I was aiming to buy a shower myself, then get someone to fit it.
First of all, the original building contractors fitted an electric shower, which makes me wonder if there was a reason why a mixer woldn't have been suitable (though it was probably because they were being cheap). So I was wondering if any experts could advise on that and what to look for/avoid in a thermostatic mixer when used with a combi boiler? I was looking at the Mira Excel, which seems both suitable and reliable according to people.
I was looking for a mixer that would be able to provide good temperature control down to about 6L/min, which is the lower limit of warm mixed flow that keeps the boiler flame alive (or about 3L/min on the hot tap alone). Maybe they can all do that, I just don't want to be forced to have a stupidly-powerful shower and waste water and energy, but just to have that option if I feel like it!
My main question is the above, but also if I get someone to do it, any idea roughly how much I should be expecting it to cost labour-wise? It would involve running a 2nd flexible pipe up the inside of the wall, removing old shower, isolating it, fitting new shower and re-tiliing where necessary. (and would one person be qualified to do all that?).
Thanks folks
Andy
