Aqualisa Thermostatic Shower Dilema

[alfa20ad]

Bought an Aqualisa thermostatic shower in the Black Friday sales last year. I only started yesterday to rip out the en-suite.

The en-suite had a electric shower with a 15mm cold water feed, but the hot water supply is a 10mm plastic pipe feeding the basin.

Do you think I can “t” off the 10mm hot water feed to supply the shower also???

I can rig it up to test at some point but any advice appreciated.

The system in HP Combi - flow rate 15l/m. at 35°C.

 

[king of pipes]

I wouldn't connect to 10mm you will need to find the pipework which supplies the 10mm and is a larger size

 

[alfa20ad]

I wouldn't connect to 10mm you will need to find the pipework which supplies the 10mm and is a larger size

Yeah I thought that would be the case. Will need to dig out the inspection camera to have a look and see. Cheers.

 

[alfa20ad]

I wouldn't connect to 10mm you will need to find the pipework which supplies the 10mm and is a larger size

Right the only option I have is the only pipe run I can manage for the hot water feed at the moment is from a 15mm pipe in the kitchen, take it up a soil vent pipe (6mtrs up) and along the loft into the en-suite… 11mtr pipe run in total. I ran the hot water tap for a minute to fill a basin and I am getting 8lts/min from it. Will this be sufficient enough for the hot feed to the shower.

I will at a later date be getting a garage conversion that will give me access to the pipe nearer the boiler to run a new pipe but it’s still a bit of a run, maybe 7-8 Mtrs with more bends.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

10mm hot will be fine most newbuilds are 10mm to everything

Would reduce the 15mm down to 10mm also so they would roughly match flow rates then use a 10x15mm elbow

 

[king of pipes]

Right the only option I have is the only pipe run I can manage for the hot water feed at the moment is from a 15mm pipe in the kitchen, take it up a soil vent pipe (6mtrs up) and along the loft into the en-suite… 11mtr pipe run in total. I ran the hot water tap for a minute to fill a basin and I am getting 8lts/min from it. Will this be sufficient enough for the hot feed to the shower.

I will at a later date be getting a garage conversion that will give me access to the pipe nearer the boiler to run a new pipe but it’s still a bit of a run, maybe 7-8 Mtrs with more bends.

That's what I would do then . Kop

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

10mm hot will be fine most newbuilds are 10mm to everything

Would reduce the 15mm down to 10mm also so they would roughly match flow rates then use a 10x15mm elbow

Not to showers though 😂

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Not to showers though 😂

I’ve see a few tbh it’s only around 12lpm so fine