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Topic ID 5036
20/01/2010 by ridley
power shower repairer anyone?
Be very pleased if anybody knows someone who's good at repairing a power shower? I guess it needs an electrical person who knows plumbing or vice versa.
I thought Friths in Talbot Street would do it but they told me they don't do showers.
Thanks all!
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Reply ID 71289
20/01/2010 by doug9787
Any Idea what make and model it is ?
Reply ID 71297
20/01/2010 by ridley
Thanks Doug its a Triton Ivory II (2). The Triton helpdesk say the solenoid (dont ask I'm no engineer!) probably needs replacing. 95 quid for their guys to do it. I'm thinking it may be an easy job for a local guy who's done this before - or who can maybe fit a new shower if its beyond help.
Reply ID 71316
20/01/2010 by doug9787
£95 all in is not bad as that part is about £30 ..I dont know how old your shower is but ..the hard water ruins electric showers very quickly
so replacing that part should keep it going for a while although a cheap new 8 or 8.5kw shower from Argos/homebase could be your answer and as the electric and cold water feed is already there it is not a big job to change over . Probably a mornings work for any good plumber.The only local guys I know are Sovereign Heating in Ware , iam in the Bathroom Trade but only on the Retail side
Reply ID 71318
20/01/2010 by ridley
Thanks very much Doug for taking the time to reply, useful advice.. I think I will get a new shower as they are around 70 quid and mine's getting on. If anyone wants to recommend any other plumbers who do electical showers as well that would be great.
Reply ID 71419
22/01/2010 by caramel
My sister recently used James Turners in St Andrew Street 01992 583176 to replace her bath shower mixer tap, she was very impressed. Its worth giving them a call to check if they can install electric showers.
Reply ID 71422
22/01/2010 by SallyB
Try Costco for a really lovely shower for a very reasonable price. I remember paying over £150 for my [crap] shower, then joining Costco and realising I could have had a 10x better shower for £80! Really annoying!
Reply ID 71700
01/02/2010 by ridley
If anyone is interested we used http://www.bentcopperplumbing.co.uk/ . AKA Karl Smith. He did a really good job and was the cheapest estimate we had, and kept to the price.
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