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hot shower horror
On 30 Jul 2004 18:53:06 -0700, (simpi) wrote:
I've just had an awful potential scaulding indident with my 2-yr old.
Middle-of-the-night leaking nappy poo incident (surely familiar to all
parents) meant a bath was required. While washing my little boy's
hair, I struggled for ages to get the (electric, over-bath) shower to
the right temp for rinsing, then began showering his head when after a
moment, he screamed in obvious shock/pain. Shower water was suddenly
*hot*. He is ok, but it has put replacement shower to the top of my
list of 'TODOs'.
We have an electric shower (cold mains only) which id devilishly
difficult to control.
We have had a (worcester) combi boiler fitted recently (shower
predates). I don't know the spec but can hunt out the manual.
I've read the FAQ & searched uk-diy for shower info but would like
confirmation that the conventional/mixer is the right way to go. My
most important requirement is that we don't have the scaulding risk.
Will this type of shower be ok? I don't mind paying a bit more for a
shower that protects against scaulding.
I have, over the past year asked at B&Q and also MFI but don't quite
trust the advice, virtually every shower I asked about seemed to be
"fine".
Almost anything that is labelled thermostatic would probably do -
these devices will not let anything through that's hotter than the
thing is set at.. I use a shower pump and a cheapy thermostatic shower
mixer (Screwfix)- and that has worked fine ( and our hot water is
*very* hot) for over a year. You can also get thermostatic bath\shower
mixers that just replace your bath taps - but also provide this
overheat protection - however, check if you have the pressure for
this.
When you say 'electric', do you mean it heats the water or simply
pumps the water (i.e. power shower). I thought most electric ones had
thermostats in them anyway.
Steve
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