what shower do I need to install

[natedog69r]

I live in a ground floor flat. I have a Triton AS2000X power shower which has just gone wrong. I called Triton to arrange an engineer to come out to which they agreed after paying £99. They came back to my saying that the wrong shower had been installed for the setup i have, they took £69, refunded me the rest and told me to call a plumber. Crooks I say!

So, i have a salamander pump which pumps hot and cold water round the flat. The pressure is pretty low as the pump sits below the economy 7 water heater. So in theory its pumping the water twice, well it did until it blew the motor. According to Triton this shouldnt be done.

What do i do? I want to get it replaced, but I want a plumber to install the right shower. It was only installed just over a year ago and now i need to get it replaced again. I dont want to get in a cowboy again.

I look forward to your views.

 

[seco services]

Connect the shower straight to the cws and cylinder without going through the pump.

I take it it's not a combination cylinder ?

 

[natedog69r]

Yes i think it is a Combination Cylinder. It has cold water in the top and hot water at the bottom. Can this still be done. Thanks for the reply.

 

[seco services]

Not advisable to fit pumps to these as the cws is not large enough and can run them dry and starve the pump of water.

 

[natedog69r]

This does make a lot of sense because the cold water comes out really slow when running a bath. What other options do we have? We have to have the pump there because there's not the pressure without it. Could we get an electric shower installed?

 

[seco services]

Yes you can have an electric shower, Providing your mains pressure is up to (Get it checked) Also need a cable run from the consumer unit as the cable used on the triton AS2000 shower won't be large enough.

 

[natedog69r]

This is starting to make a lot of sense. We had a plumber round before that tried to install an electric shower and he said that he would have to run a wire and said it would be a real pain. He then said to get a power shower as a solution. Thanks for all your help tonight. I really appreciate it.

 

[seco services]

A new cable can be a pain to run but no excuse to bodge it cause he's lazy.