Do I need a tank in my loft?

[HOUSER1980]

Ive recently bought a house which has a combi boiler installed. Im thinking of buying an electric shower rather than having the shower run off the boiler. Do I need a tank in my loft or can the electric shower be connected to the mains?

Thanks

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Electric shower can be connected to the mains and cold water taken from rising main.
Are you say that you have both combi boiler and cold water storage cistern?

 

[HOUSER1980]

There is a combi boiler in the kitchen and a tank in the loft. The tank in the loft is empty and cracked so will be getting rid of it. If I can have a combi boiler and an electric shower connected to the mains water then I think thats the way to go. That way if the boiler packs in I can still get a hot shower.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Ive recently bought a house which has a combi boiler installed. Im thinking of buying an electric shower rather than having the shower run off the boiler.

Instead of, rather than as well as?

No no no - unless there's something dreadfully wrong with your combi then no electric shower will come close to it - they are about 1/3 the power.

Do I need a tank in my loft or can the electric shower be connected to the mains?

Instant heat electric ones need to be connected to the mains.

If I can have a combi boiler and an electric shower connected to the mains water then I think thats the way to go. That way if the boiler packs in I can still get a hot shower.

As well as not instead of is the way I plan to go, and for the same reason.

Sadly not the way I wanted: //www.diynot.com/forums/plumbing/alternative-supplies-for-a-mixer-shower.331219/ but completely separate.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If I can have a combi boiler and an electric shower connected to the mains water then I think thats the way to go. That way if the boiler packs in I can still get a hot shower.

You can and logical.
Be aware that the shower will require 30mA RCD protection, so I would check that that provision is at the board or shower unit will need to be purchased with the RCD on it.

 

[HOUSER1980]

There is a combi boiler in the kitchen and a tank in the loft. The tank in the loft is empty and cracked so will be getting rid of it. If I can have a combi boiler and an electric shower connected to the mains water then I think thats the way to go. That way if the boiler packs in I can still get a hot shower.

 

[Taylortwocities]

This forum seems to have an echo in it.............

 

[ericmark]

BAS has to my mind the right answer.

With a combo boiler there is no way an electric shower will be any where near as good as a thermostatic mixer valve.

Unless you want to shower under a dribble forget the idea of an electric shower. Electric max 10.5kw and combi boiler at least 27kw does not take much thought to work out which is best.

 

[securespark]

FWIW, my house has an electric shower and a mixer shower off the boiler.

It was like that when we bought it and I reinstated the mixer shower recently when refurbishing the bathroom.

But if you are only thinking of one shower, I'd take it off the combi.