I have been refurbishing the main bathroom and wanted to incorporate a shower. We already have an electric shower in the en-suite, so another one was out of the question. I don’t want two showers on at the same time – one draws enough current!
I live in one of those strange parts of the country where it is common to have ALL cold taps on mains pressure and ALL hot taps via a cylinder fed from a header tank at the top of the airing cupboard. Not even in the loft, so no virtually no head at shower level.
Massive disparity in pressure between hot and cold – what to do? I surfed around and found out about venturi showers. I plumped for the New Team Jetstream on the basis that it works in negative head situations and some of the competitors seem to have had reliability problems. I managed to obtain a new one from a seller on e-bay for £120 inc postage.
Installation was straightforward. 15mm mains pressure cold and 22mm hot feeds to push-on elbows at the back of the shower. New Team say to use swept bends, if possible, so I plumbed in plastic, which could be bent in an arc around the bottom and up the side of the new bath (through grooves in the wall). Turned on with some trepidation, would it work? I am pleased to say that the temperature and flow rate are excellent. Much more powerful than an electric but not as powerful as a “hotel shower” (my wife says they hurt her nipples!).
What about the aesthetics? It is in white, with an integral semi-circular green tinted glass soap dish (with chrome surround). I would be the first to concede that it might not look right in a limestone bathroom – I think you need chrome in that case. However, in against our blue and white mosaics it looks the business.
So, if you are stuck with high pressure mains and low pressure hot, I would thoroughly recommend the Jetstream.
I live in one of those strange parts of the country where it is common to have ALL cold taps on mains pressure and ALL hot taps via a cylinder fed from a header tank at the top of the airing cupboard. Not even in the loft, so no virtually no head at shower level.
Massive disparity in pressure between hot and cold – what to do? I surfed around and found out about venturi showers. I plumped for the New Team Jetstream on the basis that it works in negative head situations and some of the competitors seem to have had reliability problems. I managed to obtain a new one from a seller on e-bay for £120 inc postage.
Installation was straightforward. 15mm mains pressure cold and 22mm hot feeds to push-on elbows at the back of the shower. New Team say to use swept bends, if possible, so I plumbed in plastic, which could be bent in an arc around the bottom and up the side of the new bath (through grooves in the wall). Turned on with some trepidation, would it work? I am pleased to say that the temperature and flow rate are excellent. Much more powerful than an electric but not as powerful as a “hotel shower” (my wife says they hurt her nipples!).
What about the aesthetics? It is in white, with an integral semi-circular green tinted glass soap dish (with chrome surround). I would be the first to concede that it might not look right in a limestone bathroom – I think you need chrome in that case. However, in against our blue and white mosaics it looks the business.
So, if you are stuck with high pressure mains and low pressure hot, I would thoroughly recommend the Jetstream.