DIYbanter - View Single Post - Deciding upon a shower pump

On 27 Oct 2004 06:02:04 -0700, (Riz1) wrote:

Hi
"THAT" old chesnut again!
I am looking to have a shower pump fitted to boost my over-bath mixer
shower.
It would be for a gravity-fed system water cylinder in loft as part of
a back-boiler GCH system. I understand that makes such as Stuart
Turner, Mira and Salamander are highly regarded.
Although i wouldnt be installing it myself, i would be buying.

I have assumed that i would need a twin-pump one? For a home shower as
described above coming off the mixer taps of a bath, what pressure is
cosidered "acceptible" and what would be "more than neccessary"?
Stuart Taylor replied to my emailed and recommended that in this
scenario 1.4Bar would be good and not to exceed their 1.8bar pump.

Ideally i would also like to be able to turn the pump off in certain
circumstances so that it is not activated when it is not needed eg
when just drawing water for a bath or sluicing with the shower head
etc]....

All advice appreciated

After googling away i felt the following 3 products might be good for
me:
- the Stuart Taylor 1.4Bar Showermate at £155
- the New Team NT 1.5Bar at £102
- the Salamander CT50 at £129
(all prices ex vat)

Which of these would you recommend based on build quality, meeting my
needs [including the ability to fix a switch to them to turn them
on/off a above] and finally NOISE!

Thanks
Rizwan

The Stuart Turner products are excellent in terms of build quality,
they give good support and spares are easily available quite
inexpensively.

I've used their 1.4 and 1.8 bar products and all are good. The 1.8
bar Showermate twin (you do need a twin assuming that the cold comes
from the roof tank - if not it should for the shower with a pump) in
the plastic enclosure is well insulated for sound and quite quiet.

To turn on and off manually in a bathroom, the sensible way is to wire
via a ceiling pull cord switch. You could have this over the bath if
you wanted......

..andy

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