Is my boiler suitable for this type of shower?

[andrewdunbar]

Hey guys

first of all, I'm a complete newbie, so I thought it would be best to ask the professionals - been reading the forums for a while, and picked up a lot of tips, but still am pretty green to it all.

Anyway, about a year ago, I had a new heating system fitted to my one bedroom flat - its a Worcester Greenstar 28i Junior Combi boiler, which feeds a 4 radiator system and supplies our hot water with no problems at all.

The question is, in the next few weeks I'm having a new bathroom fitted, and its time to replace our old electric Mira Sport shower, which is pretty much dead. The missus has had a look at the electric showers on offer, and nothing really floats her boat, and has started looking at mixer power showers such as this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMOSTATIC-...yZ147151QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Can anyone confirm either way if the boiler will be able to supply enough pressure to power this type of shower? Will it just be a matter of taking a feed of hot and cold to the shower or am I better off just looking for a suitable electric shower?

Any advice on options would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[Goldspoon]

You have a combi boiler which means you should have good hot and cold pressure. I believe that the shower you looked at is fine .

No point in going electric as the pressure from a combi should be much better.

I would go for a trusted brand myself (Triton, Mira, Aqualisa etc.)

 

[andrewdunbar]

Thanks for the reply - certainly opens up my options.

As for the manufacturer, it will probably end up being a mira or a triton depending on the price, the eBay link was just for an example.

With regard to my hot and cold, the pressures are uneven - would this cause an issue, and would I have to get a model that can deal with an unbalanced system? My hot water has a flow rate of 14.5 Litres per minute, but I'm not sure what the output pressure is - however the cold is a much more pressured output.

At the moment I have a cold supply to where to old electric shower was - and I've been speaking to my installer and he thinks that will be fine - its just a matter of taking a line from the hot to the shower valve before we tile everything up.

 

[Goldspoon]

Speak to Triton/Mira and also get their brochures. There is stacks of info in there on all the showers and technical info etc.