Which Shower?

Morning all. We have a condensing boiler in our bedroom with the cylinder downstairs in the airing cupboard. We would like to have a boiler installed. Could you please advise which type of shower would be the best for our system before we start getting quotes from plumbers.

Also, we have been told Aqualisa showers are the best and would welcome advice on this too

Many thanks in advance.

Mira / Aqualisa / Grohe......all excellent quality and have a sound back up system for parts and problems.
Expensive gear by comparison but you only fit them once in a while so worth splashing out (!) in my opinion!
John

Thanks John - would we need power, electric or mixer with our system?

It seems you have a stored hot water system (as against a combi boiler) so the choice is all yours......however, some more details could be helpful.
Do you have storage tanks in the loft? (one for the C/H, another large tank for the domestic hot water, which feeds your copper cylinder) - or do you have a mains pressure tank like a megaflo?
If you have a loft storage tank, the distance from the bottom of this tank to the shower rose needs to be 2 metres or more ideally to get a good shower.
Thats 0.2 bar - and the specification of your chosen shower will tell you at what pressure it operates at.
Forget the electric option unless all else fails, but the power shower (which takes low pressure hot and cold water and boots it electrically) is a good alternative - as is a shower pump of course.
John

Brill - thank you

OK more info . . . - its definitely a condensing and not combi.

We have two tanks in the loft a smaller one which is sited above where the boiler is and a large tank near the loft hatch. There definitely isn't 2 metres between this tank and where the shower would be sited

Based on that which option do you think John?

If you don't have the two metres of head between the bottom of the large tank and the shower rose, then a gravity shower won't be particularly satisfactory, unfortunately.
The rest depend on your installation......if you fancy a pumped shower (which are brilliant) your copper cylinder needs to have a special outlet inserted about 12" from the top. This supplies the hot water and the cold is supplied in the same way. The flanged outlet prevents the shower pump from sucking in air and its very important.
If this is impossible due to access or upheaval, then a power shower may fit the bill. These look like electric showers (i.e a white plastic box on the wall) but they take low pressure hot and cold supplies (no copper cylinder mods this time) and boost the pressure up. They do work well but they do need an electrical supply too.
Personally I'd look for advice from a trusted plumber who will suss out the water supplies and talk you through the alternatives!
It wouldn't be the first time the large loft tank has been raised to accommodate a gravity shower, but that depends on the available space.
Do give this a lot of thought - there's nothing worse than a trickling shower!
John

Absolutely brilliant advice - thank you so much. Armed with this info I will invite the plumbers round and grill them