electric shower plumbed to a tap

[wayne1979]

im just looking to know if this can be done as a plumber said it can i just want to make sure. i have took on a shop and it used to be a hair dresser's there was two electric showers and no hot water taps now my problem is i need hot water tap right so i got a plumber in and he said that you can just put the tap onto the shower outlet and use that for hot water can this be done or is he trying to cut corners ???

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

hmmm, it sounds a bit of a bodge.

A tap on the electric shopwer would be restitive and if the shower is turned on before the tap is opened then the PRD will pop and you will need to pay for a new one.

I would get another plumber in to quote

 

[GQuigley67]

the correct way to go is an electric under or oversink water heater for your hot water

 

[wayne1979]

yes thats what i said but he said you can use a vented tap on the unit and it can be left on then he started getting a bit angry that i questioned him the shower unit is a heatstore aqua espirt and it does say the outlet acts as a vent and must not be connected to any form of tap that is not recommended by the supplier so can this be connected to a vented tap ???

 

[dontknowitall]

Refer him to eBay for cheap plumber?

I'm afraid I can't be bothered with people like that. I don't go to a solicitor then tell him/her how to do the job - I go and say what I'd like done and expect them to know what can be and can't be done and advise me accordingly.

 

[tamz]

Get a Redring powerstream. It is designed for the job.

Here is a link
Redring Powerstream Instantaneous Water Heaters

 

[REDSAW]

Get a Redring powerstream. It is designed for the job.

Here is a link
Redring Powerstream Instantaneous Water Heaters

way to go, but i prefer these Unvented Water Storage done some chalets and barber shops with them.

 

[Puddle]

If you have showers are already installed ,you could connect the shower up to a basin tap,via shower hose,if you open tap up fully and cut off spindle and just put tap head cover on for show

Than the hot water on and off can be through the shower unit,along with flow adjustment,as normal and tap is in fact just turned into a outlet point as the shower head would have been

This would allow shower unit to be operated and used correctly with any over run also operational

 

[NathanielB]

Get a Redring powerstream. It is designed for the job.

Here is a link
Redring Powerstream Instantaneous Water Heaters

Sorry to bump such an old post, but what's the difference between the ones tamz linked to and these electricalcounter.co.uk/products/Water+Heating+%26+Cooling/Flow+Boilers redring powerstreams?

 

[tamz]

They are totally different things.
A powerstream is an instantaneous water heater made to supply hot water to 1 or 2 taps. Much like an electric shower with a flow switch.
A powerstream ascari is an electric boiler. A lump of cast iron with a couple of electric elements, a few contactors, and a pump and expansion vessel.

 

[stevetheplumber]

most of the hairdressers ones ive seen are instantaneous to the untrained they can look like a shower if its currently connected to a mixer tap chances are its fine is the unit below the sink or above ?