We've just moved into a house. I'm becoming increasingly frustrated with the electric shower which I thought was just tempremental but now think its following a pattern so there has to be something specifically wrong.
In the morning that water is freezing, it may get 'warmish' for a few seconds but runs cold after that. From lunchtime it appears to behave and we get piping hot water (not warm, nice and hot
). The shower if electric (I've identified it as such because (a) it runs of electricity and (b) only has one water pipe running to it (picked this bit of info of a similar thread). Other than that we have a hot water tank in the bathroom and cold water tank in the loft. I have tried to eliminate any variables such as washing machine / dishwasher etc being on, the hot water being on (my understanding is that this shouldn't make a difference anyway), no other major elec appliances being on. In the morning, I pull the power on switch, the lights on the shower come on, the same happens in the evening when it works fine (i've even tried leaving the power "on" overnight and "off" overnight to see that makes a difference. The only other info I can add is that I 'believe' there is a pump in the airing cupboard near to the hot water tank and the shower is in a shower room next to the bathroom. Other than that I'm going crazy. We are planning a major bathroom overhaul (once we have saved ) knocking the bathroom and shower room back into one (my 5 year old son doesn't need an ensuite and I'm sure we'd all benefit more from a big family bathroom so I'd prefer not to have to buy a new shower (unless we absolutely have to) when it will get ripped out again in 6-12 months. Any suggestions would be gratefully rec'd (Oh we also don't have 'economy' electricity overnight or whatever its called)
In the morning that water is freezing, it may get 'warmish' for a few seconds but runs cold after that. From lunchtime it appears to behave and we get piping hot water (not warm, nice and hot
). The shower if electric (I've identified it as such because (a) it runs of electricity and (b) only has one water pipe running to it (picked this bit of info of a similar thread). Other than that we have a hot water tank in the bathroom and cold water tank in the loft. I have tried to eliminate any variables such as washing machine / dishwasher etc being on, the hot water being on (my understanding is that this shouldn't make a difference anyway), no other major elec appliances being on. In the morning, I pull the power on switch, the lights on the shower come on, the same happens in the evening when it works fine (i've even tried leaving the power "on" overnight and "off" overnight to see that makes a difference. The only other info I can add is that I 'believe' there is a pump in the airing cupboard near to the hot water tank and the shower is in a shower room next to the bathroom. Other than that I'm going crazy. We are planning a major bathroom overhaul (once we have saved ) knocking the bathroom and shower room back into one (my 5 year old son doesn't need an ensuite and I'm sure we'd all benefit more from a big family bathroom so I'd prefer not to have to buy a new shower (unless we absolutely have to) when it will get ripped out again in 6-12 months. Any suggestions would be gratefully rec'd (Oh we also don't have 'economy' electricity overnight or whatever its called)
