Colin Waldron wrote:

I am hoping that someone is in a position to assist please.

My shower, installed 2001, has come to the end of its life, been taken out
and dumped and I am trying to find a direct replacement that can be
installed with the minimum of disruption.

I have two challenges:- 1) the recommended replacement shower, and
Aquilisa Aquastream Thermo which I have purchased is not 240v and is Low
voltage. To install this would mean destroying bathroom tiling and finding
a suitable fixing point for the transformer in the wall void then
redecorating.
Can't you use the existing mains wiring to deliver the ELV? And put the
transformer anywhere within about 20ft of the shower as the cables run.


2) the Hot and cold feed are transversed in the old installation compared
to the replacement which again necessitated stripping plumbing back and
rebuilding with major decorative consequences.

Equally, the two pipes can be swapped over somewhere else. You might
need to bypass either or both if there are branches to elsewhere (and
you are not really supposed to have dead end pipes - but if they can be
shortened to near the bathroom it may be alright).

Has anyone come across this problem before and found a like for like
replacement without major works?

Colin


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Roger Hayter