Help with shower purchasing and fitting.

[alisonjar]

My shower died this a.m. It is a pretty old Triton Aqua Sensation. I dont know what to replace it with and am confused as to what type of shower I am looking for. I have a combi boiler and assume that the shower is hot water fed as it doesnt get hot when the household hot water is not on!? I see mixer, digital, electric, thermostatic controlled showers and dont know where to start. Can someone please help?

[The Builder]

Sounds like a normal mixer shower (takes hot and cold feeds and mixes them).
Athermostatic is best, as it controls the temp automatically and saves a lot of fiddling.
Be sure to get one for a combi boiler rather than one designed to take the hot feed from an immersion cylinder.

Try these ........
http://www.screwfix.com/cats/A470435/Bathrooms -Showers/Showers-Enclosures/Showers/Thermostat ic-Mixer-Shower

[The Builder]

^^^ A thermostatic ...........

[weeal]

Hi mine packed in this morning too, and Im also an 'Alison' how spooky is that lol

[The Builder]

Hi Al ............. you on the wallpaper now?

[weeal]

Too late now, would have to run out to B & Q and fight the traffic, will do it possibly tomorrow or the coming week as Im off <:-)

[alisonjar]

Call me stupid but why is it that the mixer showers do not have a white box with temperature and flow controls on the wall like mine. Is it just that mine is that old?

[gucciman]

yours is probably an electric shower alison?

[tezestwing]

if you have a hot cylinder? it could be a power shower hot and cold in mix with 12v low voltage pump they are in a white plastic (box) as you describe hth Tez

[gasman]

I am somewhat confused !!! you say you have a combi boiler and yet also state that the shower only gets hot when the household hot water is on ??? It does sound as Tezestwing suggests you have a power shower, But you can not fit these on to a combi boiler set up. Do you have a hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard somwhere ? If so it is not a Combi boiler and you should replace it with a Power Shower. But if it is a Combi Boiler then you should replace it with either an electric shower which will opperate indipendant of you're boiler or install a thermostatic mixer shower that states it is compatable with Combi Boilers. Hope this Helps ( now i am confused ) lol....