Im in the process of trying to refit a bathroom - not alot of the diy being done be me so far, but i may do some of the gutting out of the old tiles.
Ive been looking around for a good shower as im planning to fit a
1200x900 shower tray and door in what used to be the old airing cupboard.
I was initially looking at something like the aqualisa 'quartz' shower... but we were in a showroom looking at tiles and saw a setup that appealed
it had a 'drench' type overhead shower (8inch rose) and a separate rail and small handshower for washing hair, kids etc.
It also had 4 body jets.
All in all this looked fairly appealing but it was not a thermostatic valve which put me off a bit.
Further research this week has got me very confused.... If found i can get a similar setup (from BRISTAN) with thermostatic valve and I have been given very different an conflicting stories about the water/pump requirements (mostly from the sales people in the bathroom showrooms).
I have ofch and a 30x18 inch hot water cylinder.
From various places (mostly bathroom showrooms) ive been told that this should be fine with my current cylinder and a 2/3 bar pump for 2-3 showers.
And from others ive been told that this will drain my whole hot water supply in about 3 minutes (at a claimed 30litres/min), and that i could not do with anything less than a large pressurised hot water tank.
None of the shower manufacturers give any advice other than saying the shower needs 1-5 bar - a very wide range.
Obviously i would not be using all three functions at once (except perhaps a boost of the body jets for the last minute of the shower.
Can anyone comment on whether this is a pipe dream with my current setup or whether i would really need to forget it and get a really simple setup or get a much larger hot water tank.
Final question - does the shape of the shower head have a significant impact on water usage or is the the bar rating of the pump ?
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-- dkh