Adding wiring for a new electric shower

[lordsainsbury]

Hi,

I wanted to ask you experts what's involved and how much it's likely to cost to have wiring put in for an electric shower in my existing bathroom.

Currently I have a mixer shower which has packed up so I want to make the switch to an electric wall unit (partially because my hot water pressure is pants) there is not provision for an electric shower currently so it'll have to be put in from scratch, I imagine chasing some cables up to the loft and in through the bathroom ceiling?

Will this be a real pain in a bathroom that's already tiled ( I don't mind replacing a few in the immediate region where the shower will be) and how difficult will it be to get the new wiring from the fuse box downstairs?

Clearly I'll get a pro to do this, could you helpful people give me a ball park for how much this might set me back and how much collateral damage there might be?

Many thanks

 

[sparkwright]

Hi,

I wanted to ask you experts what's involved and how much it's likely to cost to have wiring put in for an electric shower in my existing bathroom.

Currently I have a mixer shower which has packed up so I want to make the switch to an electric wall unit (partially because my hot water pressure is pants) there is not provision for an electric shower currently so it'll have to be put in from scratch, I imagine chasing some cables up to the loft and in through the bathroom ceiling?

Will this be a real pain in a bathroom that's already tiled ( I don't mind replacing a few in the immediate region where the shower will be) and how difficult will it be to get the new wiring from the fuse box downstairs?

Clearly I'll get a pro to do this, could you helpful people give me a ball park for how much this might set me back and how much collateral damage there might be?

Many thanks

What is the other side of the shower?

If there's a cupboard or a hollow void may be the cable can be hidden in there.

Getting from the mains to the bathroom will depend on what type of property you live in. Where possible the cable will be concealed under floors, in loft spaces and in tall fitted cupboards.

Any wiring that cannot be concealed will probably be placed in plastic runking. The isolation switch for the shower can, typically, be a pull cord in the bathroom, or a wall switch outside the bathroom.

RCD protection and an available fuseway will be required, so if you don't have this futher work will be needed at the fuse box end.

 

[EFLImpudence]

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Have you thought about a pump - if the system is suitable.

how much collateral damage there might be?

None, we would hope.

 

[chivers67]

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Have you thought about a pump - if the system is suitable.

Thought the same, an electric shower with poor mains pressure won't be much good