shower info required

[scottygio]

I want to plumb in a shower to my combi boiler. Screwfix seem to be offering 2 types of showers:

1) Modern combi pressure balancing shower- which uses pressure balancing technology to mix the cold and hot water ( hot will be 15mm from the boiler, cold 15mm rising main. This type of shower automatically compensates for variation in supply pressure.

2) A thermostatic shower that is compatible with all plumbing systems ( i.e. combi ) which automatically maintains the selected temperature to within +/- 1 degree centigrade.

Can anyone tell me what shower is the best for a combi boiler? Is pressure balancing more important than maintaining temperatue?

thanks in adavance

scott

 

[Bamber gaspipe]

I want to plumb in a shower to my combi boiler. Screwfix seem to be offering 2 types of showers:

1) Modern combi pressure balancing shower- which uses pressure balancing technology to mix the cold and hot water ( hot will be 15mm from the boiler, cold 15mm rising main. This type of shower automatically compensates for variation in supply pressure.

2) A thermostatic shower that is compatible with all plumbing systems ( i.e. combi ) which automatically maintains the selected temperature to within +/- 1 degree centigrade.

Can anyone tell me what shower is the best for a combi boiler? Is pressure balancing more important than maintaining temperatue?

thanks in adavance

scott

Well, you can`t have one without the other. To maintain the temperature the balance of pressure between the cold from the rising main & the hot from the combi needs to be equally delivered or `mixed` before exiting the shower head.

 

[scottygio]

why are they then selling, what seems to me, 2 different types of showers i.e. a pressure balancing one and a thermostatic one? Is this the same technology and they are trying to confuse people?

scott