installing an electric shower

[chris_c200]

Im thinking of installing an electic shower in a ground floor flat bathroom. The wall where the bath taps are (and cold mains pipe) is joined to the neighbours wall so there is no access behind it. And i think there is no gap for putting pipes/electics down as the plasterboard is just stuck onto the brick.

I read the pipes and electric need to go behind the wall, i think the wall to the side of the bath has a gap inbetween the 2 plaserboard surfaces, so i was thnking of cutting a hole in it to feed the pipes down and then join them up to the cold mains underneath the bath. I may have to take the bath out to do this.


Here is what it looks like (in brief)

Neighbours wall
------------------------------------ (mains run in at bottom of wall)
k | | sink (they are clipped to wall)
i | | (and there is a tap to turn off)
t | < bathtub (thinking of putting shower on this wall)
h | |
c | |
e |------------
n |
boiler |
cup | < -pipes come from boiler cupboard here underneath bath
board | these are joined to mains and hot water tap for bath and sink

Anyone have any suggestions? The tank in the boiler cupboard is a combined water storage and heater tank as its a flat.

 

[Softus]

There's no requirement for the pipework to be concealed. In fact, for maintenance, it would be better not to.

Last year I installed an electric shower, with an electrician doing all the electrical work. He routed the (brand new) circuit inside trunking within the shower cubicle, because the walls were already all tiled.

I assume that what he did was safe and abided by the regulations, but you may wish to create a separate post on the "Electrics UK" forum to confirm this.