In a flat with no hot water other than a huge immersion heater - but
the bath was removed before we arrived. There's a shower unit which is
roughly12 foot away from the bathroom hand basin and a futher 12' ish
from the kitchen sink in the next room. Would it be feasable to use
the shower unit to also feed both sinks? The immersion is proving a
waste of electricity to heat water purely to hand wash in the bathroom
and do the dishes in the evening - we're boiling the kettle at the
moment which also seems expensive. As the cold supply to the shower is
in the airing cupboard directly behind the bathroom, as are the hot
pipes, the plumbing seems simple enough once the immersion is removed.
Any help appreciated.

"Harry" wrote in message
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In a flat with no hot water other than a huge immersion heater - but
the bath was removed before we arrived. There's a shower unit which is
roughly12 foot away from the bathroom hand basin and a futher 12' ish
from the kitchen sink in the next room. Would it be feasable to use
the shower unit to also feed both sinks? The immersion is proving a
waste of electricity to heat water purely to hand wash in the bathroom
and do the dishes in the evening - we're boiling the kettle at the
moment which also seems expensive. As the cold supply to the shower is
in the airing cupboard directly behind the bathroom, as are the hot
pipes, the plumbing seems simple enough once the immersion is removed.
Any help appreciated.

If it is a standard electric shower, like this
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/P..._3/TTMIL8C.JPG

then NO!

You must never stop the flow from this, other than using the controls on the
shower.

So unless you just have a really long shower pipe, and keep walking to the
bathroom to turn it off and on, then you will need somthing like this to
supply instant hot water to your taps.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SOILX009.html

Toby...

"Toby" wrote in message
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"Harry" wrote in message
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In a flat with no hot water other than a huge immersion heater - but
the bath was removed before we arrived. There's a shower unit which is
roughly12 foot away from the bathroom hand basin and a futher 12' ish
from the kitchen sink in the next room. Would it be feasable to use
the shower unit to also feed both sinks? The immersion is proving a
waste of electricity to heat water purely to hand wash in the bathroom
and do the dishes in the evening - we're boiling the kettle at the
moment which also seems expensive. As the cold supply to the shower is
in the airing cupboard directly behind the bathroom, as are the hot
pipes, the plumbing seems simple enough once the immersion is removed.
Any help appreciated.

If it is a standard electric shower, like this
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/P..._3/TTMIL8C.JPG

then NO!

You must never stop the flow from this, other than using the controls on
the shower.

So unless you just have a really long shower pipe, and keep walking to the
bathroom to turn it off and on, then you will need somthing like this to
supply instant hot water to your taps.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SOILX009.html

Toby...



And just to also add, boiling the kettle will not be any more expensive than
using an instant heater like I suggested, providing you only boil what you
need (Give or take an insignificant amount).

Toby...

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:04:22 +0100, "Toby"
wrote:


"Toby" wrote in message
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"Harry" wrote in message
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In a flat with no hot water other than a huge immersion heater - but
the bath was removed before we arrived. There's a shower unit which is
roughly12 foot away from the bathroom hand basin and a futher 12' ish
from the kitchen sink in the next room. Would it be feasable to use
the shower unit to also feed both sinks? The immersion is proving a
waste of electricity to heat water purely to hand wash in the bathroom
and do the dishes in the evening - we're boiling the kettle at the
moment which also seems expensive. As the cold supply to the shower is
in the airing cupboard directly behind the bathroom, as are the hot
pipes, the plumbing seems simple enough once the immersion is removed.
Any help appreciated.

If it is a standard electric shower, like this
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/P..._3/TTMIL8C.JPG

then NO!

You must never stop the flow from this, other than using the controls on
the shower.

So unless you just have a really long shower pipe, and keep walking to the
bathroom to turn it off and on, then you will need somthing like this to
supply instant hot water to your taps.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SOILX009.html

Toby...



And just to also add, boiling the kettle will not be any more expensive than
using an instant heater like I suggested, providing you only boil what you
need (Give or take an insignificant amount).

Cheers for all that. I honestly think I must have dozed off while
typing the questions.......maybe a really long and bendy pole with a
gripper on the end to switch the shower off? Then again, perhaps not.
Thanks for the link, now I know where I'm heading - not the really
thicko class I was originally going to either (doh!).