Im in the process of trying to refit a bathroom - not alot of the diy
being done be me so far, but i may do some of the gutting out of the old
tiles.

Ive been looking around for a good shower as im planning to fit a
1200x900 shower tray and door in what used to be the old airing cupboard.

I was initially looking at something like the aqualisa 'quartz' shower...
but we were in a showroom looking at tiles and saw a setup that appealed

it had a 'drench' type overhead shower (8inch rose) and a separate rail
and small handshower for washing hair, kids etc.

It also had 4 body jets.

All in all this looked fairly appealing but it was not a thermostatic
valve which put me off a bit.

Further research this week has got me very confused....
If found i can get a similar setup (from BRISTAN) with thermostatic valve
and I have been given very different an conflicting stories about the
water/pump requirements (mostly from the sales people in the bathroom
showrooms).

I have ofch and a 30x18 inch hot water cylinder.

From various places (mostly bathroom showrooms) ive been told that this
should be fine with my current cylinder and a 2/3 bar pump for 2-3
showers.

And from others ive been told that this will drain my whole hot water
supply in about 3 minutes (at a claimed 30litres/min), and that i could
not do with anything less than a large pressurised hot water tank.

None of the shower manufacturers give any advice other than saying the
shower needs 1-5 bar - a very wide range.

Obviously i would not be using all three functions at once (except
perhaps a boost of the body jets for the last minute of the shower.

Can anyone comment on whether this is a pipe dream with my current setup
or whether i would really need to forget it and get a really simple setup
or get a much larger hot water tank.

Final question - does the shape of the shower head have a significant
impact on water usage or is the the bar rating of the pump ?

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dkh