Installing new shower - moving pipes and wiring

Adam

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So I have bought a new shower (http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/online...c showers&resultPageKey=316145834-0&category=) which differs somewhat from the 20 year old Mira shower installed when I bought the house. For example, the supply pipe on my old shower came down from the loft and connected to the top right of the shower. The supply pipe needs to be connected to the bottom left of the new shower. In addition, I understand that 9.5kw showers require (or at least advise of) 10mm power cable which I can only assume the existing shower does not need.

I'm looking to hire a plumber/electrician to install the shower and make the relevant changes so the shower can be installed. Is this a complex job and roughly how much should I be looking to pay as a guide?
 
I paid £200 for a pair of plumbers to fit a shower but it involved taking a feed from my airing cupboard through the loft and down the wall into the bathroom, this included all electrics.

I'd say a decent plumber would want £100 to fit that, it's not too complex
 
depends on if new wiring is needed and also how far from mains etc this is located etc.

The plumbing sounds fairly straight forward but the wiring, if the current one is not suitable , might be more complicated.

Grab a couple of quotes and see from there
 
You'll need new 10mm cable. That's not gonna be cheap, and it's not gonna be cheap to hire a sparky to wire it up. Electrician + cable cost will be in the region of £400 i reckon.
 
jak731 said:
Your current electric shower is probably in the 8-9kW region so probably already has a 10mm cable.
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Perhaps - but if it was installed 20 years ago unlikely.

Pluthe sparky will need to meet 17th edition.

£400 sounds excessive as above.

Think of the jobs required:

1. Move the water supply - do you want this neat i.e. below the tiles or cheap i.e. surface mount. Will greatly change the price dependent on what you would want. Personally hidden is the only way.
2. Check electrical supply and renew if required. If this is chased in back to the board then it will need pulling out, new cable in and then plaster and decorate on top. You will also need an 45amp RCD and these alone are about £30-40

The plumbing is easy, as is the wiring (but this has to be done or at least checked by an NICIEC sparky) but the finishing/repairing of damage done doing it is not so easy...
 
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