New house / Combi condensing boiler - Need a shower head

[HannsG]

Hi guys,

We are have just bought a house. Our previous house had a Worcester Bosch 42 Cdi which was a stonking boiler by all standards. Just brilliant

The new house has a Vaillant Combi condensing boiler and the pressure from the shower ain't brilliant.

So I am after a decent shower head. Are Aqualisa still the best ones to go for?

My gas engineer has mentioned it might be worth sticking a pump on the shower or having the boiler replaced with a 42cdi etc. But having spent a small fortune on renovation I just want to spend reasonable.

Funny how cars are now a lesser priority!

[B'stard Child]

HannsG said:

My gas engineer has mentioned it might be worth sticking a pump on the shower or having the boiler replaced with a 42cdi etc. But having spent a small fortune on renovation I just want to spend reasonable.

When you say combination boiler you mean one that's mains pressure on hot and cold? They normally have good pressure

I have a conventional boiler - gravity head tank in the loft and the showers are rubbish - 1.5 bar pumps are £100 they generally last 3 years and that's a small price to pay for a decent shower

[LookAtMyCat]

HannsG said:

Hi guys,

We are have just bought a house. Our previous house had a Worcester Bosch 42 Cdi which was a stonking boiler by all standards. Just brilliant

The new house has a Vaillant Combi condensing boiler and the pressure from the shower ain't brilliant.

So I am after a decent shower head. Are Aqualisa still the best ones to go for?

My gas engineer has mentioned it might be worth sticking a pump on the shower or having the boiler replaced with a 42cdi etc. But having spent a small fortune on renovation I just want to spend reasonable.

Funny how cars are now a lesser priority!

Any Vaillant combi should give good enough pressure for a good shower (with enough incoming flow+pressure). I run a large drench head from a 31kw Vaillant combi that is fine. Look for restrictive isolators on the cold inlet to the boiler, and check both your internal and external stopcocks are both fully on (very common when moving to a new property they are partially closed). Also bear in mind the pressure in your new property may just be a lot lower than your old.

If your gas engineer told you you should put a pump on the shower with a combi, you should get a new gas engineer. You cannot pump the feed from a combi.

If you've got the ££, get an unvented cylinder. Unbeatable flow rates and you'll be able to run the combi as a system boiler feeding the cylinder.

[roofer]

Take hose of shower head, see if it's got the poxy 3 hole rubber flow restrictor on it like I just found on my recent purchase.

Skin flaying shower returned.