Mike Hibbert wrote:

Hi all,

I'm guessing that this is a pretty daft idea as I have seen no-one else
suggest it. I'm looking at shower options at the moment, and I live in an
area with fairly low water pressure. One of the easiest options would be to
have an electric shower, but I have hear that the water pressure would be
even worse in winter as the shower would need to heat the water from a lover
ambient temperature.

So, why not mix the water with hot water from the combi? I could have a feed
fron the hot and cold water supply going into one pipe and then feeding the
electric shower. The water would be pre-warmed and therefore could be made
the same all year round. If the electric shower wasn't raising the
temperature too much it woudn't have such a problem delivering more water
would it?

Like I say, this is based purely on my own "sort of" logic rather than any
fact, so shoot me down gently!

Get you combi boiler to do the work. Even a poor quality one half filled
with chalk will still out perform any domestic electric shower.

Put you money into upgrading the shower mixer to a thermostatic unit.

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html