Second shower install into power shower system

[Square Feet]

Hi all,

I'm currently renovating a property that has a power shower downstairs with a hot water tank upstairs.  I want to fit a second shower in an upstairs room next to the boiler/hot water tank. Does this need to be a power shower also? Is there anything I need to be aware of for fitting two power showers into a system?  I'm just renovating the property to sell so I don't want the expense of doing away with the original power shower, hot water tank etc -I just want to fit a second shower as cheaply as possible so that the place can be sold as a two-bathroom property. Many thanks

[Redbeard]

Quick fix - elec shower, but if you are selling then the costs of compliance may outweigh any savings. Is it a pressurised cyl? If so I cannot see any obvious problem. For various reasons I have only ever used elec showers, though, so others with more direct (or indirect?!) experience may come in.

[Mr Punter]

Fit a shower pump into the cylinder cupboard.  Single impeller if your cold supply is mains pressure, twin impeller if it is a cold water tank.  The negative head ones have a small air chamber that pressurises when the flow stops so the pump will be ready primed.

[Tetrarch]

You could fit a digital shower, but that would be >£500

 

Regards

Tet

[-rick-]

23 hours ago, Square Feet said:

I'm just renovating the property to sell so I don't want the expense of doing away with the original power shower, hot water tank etc

 

Who are you planning to sell to?

 

If you are targetting people who are moving from a city flat to a house then they may be actively looking for 'decent' showers that match those found in modern flats (almost always pressurised systems).*

 

Obviously dumping the tank and pump for a new pressurised system has a cost but it might be worth it if it attracts buyers. (While a pumped shower can work, my experience of them is that they are noisy and that in itself is a turn off)

 

* Showers came up amongst my very mixed income group of London adjacent friends recently and I'm sure we are a weird group compared to average but decent showers was one of the things we all actively looked for when looking for a new property. Just in case it matters, I'm the only one interested in the detail. The others were just wanting a nice shower not concerned how that happens.