Hi
I'm new and have looked through previous posts but haven't found an answer to the following.
Building: 2 bed terraced, 2 up/2down, converted, bathroom on 1st floor (2 people living in it).
Bathroom: 134cm wide, window on end outside wall
Heating/Hot water: Gloworm boiler on ground floor and tank in loft. Bathroom on 1st floor - manual mixer shower over bath.
Problem: no hot water pressure in shower and window above end of bath makes it difficult to put a fixed shower head there
I've asked a plumber for a quote and for advice to improve performance and layout, here's what he said:
- new combi condensing Vaillant in loft (take out boiler from kitchen). He said something about 10.5kW if I remember correctly (sorry, too quick for me to retain properly)
- he has to take the gas pipes up to the loft to the new Vaillant by running them from the meter outside along the front wall of the house (is this normal?)
- replace bath with walk in shower at the end of the room, against outside wall where the window is (I'm happy with this as bathroom is very small)
- move toilet near basin, so it is fixed to the side wall, raising shower tray to allow for waste pipe to run under shower tray to the outside wall outlet
- tile floor and walls
- regular mixer shower (not sure what this means).
He said this will give me a decent shower, although not power shower performance.
What do you think of the above? Any problems, advice? How much would you quote for this job?
I'm new and have looked through previous posts but haven't found an answer to the following.
Building: 2 bed terraced, 2 up/2down, converted, bathroom on 1st floor (2 people living in it).
Bathroom: 134cm wide, window on end outside wall
Heating/Hot water: Gloworm boiler on ground floor and tank in loft. Bathroom on 1st floor - manual mixer shower over bath.
Problem: no hot water pressure in shower and window above end of bath makes it difficult to put a fixed shower head there
I've asked a plumber for a quote and for advice to improve performance and layout, here's what he said:
- new combi condensing Vaillant in loft (take out boiler from kitchen). He said something about 10.5kW if I remember correctly (sorry, too quick for me to retain properly)
- he has to take the gas pipes up to the loft to the new Vaillant by running them from the meter outside along the front wall of the house (is this normal?)
- replace bath with walk in shower at the end of the room, against outside wall where the window is (I'm happy with this as bathroom is very small)
- move toilet near basin, so it is fixed to the side wall, raising shower tray to allow for waste pipe to run under shower tray to the outside wall outlet
- tile floor and walls
- regular mixer shower (not sure what this means).
He said this will give me a decent shower, although not power shower performance.
What do you think of the above? Any problems, advice? How much would you quote for this job?