New shower elec or thermo

[ssray]

Morning, my landlady has moved into a house with no shower.
What is going to be the easiest(cheapest?) to fit- either a wallmounted electric(9.5kw ish) or a surface mounted thermostatic mixer type?
The surface mount would be more expensive initally-but you could run hot and cold straight from the loft down the wall with no chasing(chrome plated of course).
Where as the lecky one would require a bit more mess and a qualified sparks/part p person(i`m 2nd year c+g 2330,not me then).

If i offer to fit the thermo` valve is it easy to fit a flange to the boiler? are you drilling a hole(after draining) and fitting a flange?
also will compression fittings be ok?
Cheers Ray(at work on sunday with nothing better to do!! Sorry)

 

[TicklyT]

is it easy to fit a flange to the boiler?

I hope you mean hot water cylinder!
I would think you would only need a dedicated feed if the shower is going to be pumped. Gravity feed could be teed off the existing H&C feeds.

If the shower is going over a bath, and the water pressures are reasonably balanced, either both gravity or both mains pressure (combi boiler?) why not look at something like http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=48700&ts=20633, which should be a straight swap for the bath taps.
or even http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=50100&ts=20963 if thermostatic control isn't an issue.

 

[ssray]

Thanks TicklyT, i was (cough-cough) just testing,of course i knew it was the cylinder not the boiler!!!!!.
Cheers Ray