Rainfall type shower heads - best ones?
Discussion
Hi all, we are getting close to fitting a new shower.
Our house is old and traditional in style so we are planning on using burlington / heritage style fittings / mixer - a shower handset and an overhead rainfall type head coming out of the wall.
Which are the best ones to get the traditional ones don't seem to have the little rubber nozzles, do they help in any way?
Is there anything to avoid?
Our pressure is just under 2 bar and the shower in about 2m from our (new) boiler.
All advice greatly appreciated!
Our house is old and traditional in style so we are planning on using burlington / heritage style fittings / mixer - a shower handset and an overhead rainfall type head coming out of the wall.
Which are the best ones to get the traditional ones don't seem to have the little rubber nozzles, do they help in any way?
Is there anything to avoid?
Our pressure is just under 2 bar and the shower in about 2m from our (new) boiler.
All advice greatly appreciated!
If its concealed make sure you have room behind the wall your wanting the shower on or you'll need to buy one that's fully on the outside. Also my parents had to run a 3 bar pump to make the shower work (probably could have had less but my dad wanted typhooned). Normal pressure wasnt enough. House is long though so might not be an issue for you.
I have the external rainfall with standard shower attachment (including mixer). The head can be changed but 8" round one and it just works. At least on mine it will come off. Always an option if you don't like the one you get fitted? New heads seem to be around 20 quid.
Mine has the rubber nozzles but hotels I have used with the holes alone were no problem. Perhaps it is more to do with stopping drips?
Mine has the rubber nozzles but hotels I have used with the holes alone were no problem. Perhaps it is more to do with stopping drips?
Busterbulldog said:
The rubber nozzles are there to make them easy to clean. I would bring the rainfall head out of the ceiling looks nicer and less chance of being damaged by being pulled on.
Ours comes out of the ceiling All our bathroom fittings are from Crosswater,
( shower head, bath filler, hand held shower wand thingy, control valve + basin taps ), all chromed metal ( no plastic bits ) inc knobs,
I don't know if the quality is still as good now ( I was recently looking to replace our kitchen sink tap and considered going for Crosswater but noticed a few bad reviews ), we've had ours for about 10 years now and as well as working fault free they still look like new.
I've got one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/rectangular-rain-showe...
(Scoff away but you can't tell it's plastic unless you inspect it)
mounted on one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/square-profile-wall-sh...
I run a 4 bar pump to it, from a tank (not combi) and you get the full rain experience. I'd not want to go much lower pressure for the head size.
It is the best shower I've ever used, bar one in Bali in a 5 star hotel.
https://www.toolstation.com/rectangular-rain-showe...
(Scoff away but you can't tell it's plastic unless you inspect it)
mounted on one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/square-profile-wall-sh...
I run a 4 bar pump to it, from a tank (not combi) and you get the full rain experience. I'd not want to go much lower pressure for the head size.
It is the best shower I've ever used, bar one in Bali in a 5 star hotel.
RogerDodger said:
I've got one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/rectangular-rain-showe...
(Scoff away but you can't tell it's plastic unless you inspect it)
mounted on one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/square-profile-wall-sh...
I run a 4 bar pump to it, from a tank (not combi) and you get the full rain experience. I'd not want to go much lower pressure for the head size.
It is the best shower I've ever used, bar one in Bali in a 5 star hotel.
I have an 8" £20 round one from Ebay, has rubber nozzles and works a treat, mine is a external mixer shower and all I did was buy some chrome plated copper pipe and fittings and had my plumber fit it so now have a rigid riser with rain showerhttps://www.toolstation.com/rectangular-rain-showe...
(Scoff away but you can't tell it's plastic unless you inspect it)
mounted on one of these:
https://www.toolstation.com/square-profile-wall-sh...
I run a 4 bar pump to it, from a tank (not combi) and you get the full rain experience. I'd not want to go much lower pressure for the head size.
It is the best shower I've ever used, bar one in Bali in a 5 star hotel.
We used this one from Soak.com in my daughter's en-suite. It's a 400mm square, stainless steel with the rubber nozzles etc.
(Ignore the ceiling not being painted during this test fire
)
(Ignore the ceiling not being painted during this test fire
)I do have the £99 concealed 200mm sqaure head that sticks out the wall from betterbathrooms, it gives a great rainfall. What I would say is to stop it dripping you have to twist the head slightly off center towards the other head turning on. Bit annoying, I'm going for the more expensive ones that look the same dont have that issue like the ones I see in hotels.
Zirconia said:
Stayed at a B+B that had a concealed large square one, all electric, glowing LED lights that changes slowly through different colours, touch panel control, the lot.
Cant remember the cost but my flabber was gasted, north of 5 grand I seem to remember.
I think that’s exaggerated. £300-500 typically for a decent one. We did a few in high end houses and paid about £150 trade. Cant remember the cost but my flabber was gasted, north of 5 grand I seem to remember.
blueg33 said:
I think that’s exaggerated. £300-500 typically for a decent one. We did a few in high end houses and paid about £150 trade.
Yeah, I know, B+B conjures images of something rising damp.......The B+B was a place in Cornwall that is now on the market as a home for a cool 1.9 million. They didn't scrimp. If I won the lottery tomorrow I would be down there was fast as I could trying to buy it.
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