Starting the day with fresh, invigorating shower is one of the the best ways to start your day off, but if you choose the wrong shower or your current shower is of poor quality then you might find this article helpful in choosing the correct shower to suit your home. Showers are convenient, space-saving, and also energy efficient, using on average only a fraction of the water it takes to fill a bath. Before choosing a shower for your bathroom, you will need to check your water pressure, you will also need to make a choice between a mixer shower, electric shower or power shower.

Check your water pressure.
Find out what sort of hot water supply you have, as this can have an effect on your choice of shower. Combination boilers offer the highest water pressure, but do not work well with power showers or shower booster pumps as the combination boiler does not allow for dragging of water feeds, but work well with mixer showers where the hot and cold water supplies must be at equal pressure for effective showering. If your home has a low-pressure gravity fed water system where hot water is stored in a tank in the airing cupboard and the cold water is supplied from a tank in the loft, then you will enjoy a reasonably powerful shower as long as there is at least a one metre drop from the bottom of the cold water storage tank to the top of the shower head, add a shower booster pump or a power shower to get the most from your shower. If the drop is less than 1 meter and you don’t want to install a booster pump or pumped shower it may be possible to raise the cold water tank by placing it on a platform giving you a greater gravity drop. If you need further assistance with assessing water pressure, a qualified plumber or professional bathroom installer will be able to help. For homes with high-pressure systems, a mixer shower will perform best taking water from both the hot and cold water supplies and mixing them to accurately via the shower valve to reach the desired temperature, making mixer showers ideal for homes with a plentiful supply of pressurised hot water. Choose from exposed shower valves, rigid riser showers where the pipe work is easily installed to your tiles, or concealed shower valves where the valve is seen, but the pipe work is hidden behind the wall.

Thermostatic mixer shower
The addition of thermostatic mixer control gives added convenience as an inbuilt thermostat ensures water temperature is constant and may also include a locked max temputure switch to prevent scaulding, which can be overided. A safe option for young children, or the elderly, this is also a good choice for busy family homes as the inbuilt control also ensures that the water temperature will not be affected by water being used elsewhere in the house.

Shower Panel Towers.
For a luxurious variation on the mixer shower. Why not try the full body shower experience, offered by the shower panel towers with built in shower body jets. Unlike the traditional mixer shower with just one fixed head, these stylish showers feature directional jets which massage and clean the whole body. This type of shower requires fairly high pressure to perform well.

Power Showers.
Ideal for homes with low water pressure, but are a heavy drain on water rescources as power showers use a lot more water than any traditional shower, sometimes more than having a bath. a power shower will take water feeds from the hot and cold storage tanks, mix them together to reach the ideal temperature and then boost water flow with a small built in electric pump. It’s easy to operate and there is greater control over both the pressure and temperature of water than with a mixer shower, resulting in an exhilarating shower experience.

Electric Showers.
Suitable for any domestic water system, an electric shower will only take water from the mains cold water supply, heating up only the amount used each time, making it an economical choice, and also suitable for busy family bathrooms where showers are in frequent use. The greater the KW rating, the higher the flow of water at desired temperature. Look for models featuring a stabiliser as this will ensure the temperature and water supply remain unaffected by other water usage elsewhere in the house.

Special features to look for.
Multi-spray showerheads offer a choice of spray patterns usually selected by rotating the outer-ring on the spray head. Also look for large ceiling mounted showerheads offering a rain-style shower.

Accessories.
Look for soap dishes or hanging hooks, often supplied with electric showers and rigid riser showers.
Easy-grip controls
Look for dials that are easy to grip, turn and clearly labelled.

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How to choose the style radiator for your home
There are many styles of radiators available online and in shops today. Traditional column radiators, flat panel radiators, towel radiators for bathrooms or modern aluminum panel radiators. Choose a radiator that suits the style of your room or home, modern style homes would require either something conventional like a panel style radiator or a more traditional cottage style home would require a radiator like horizontal column radiators or cast radiators, some modern homes suit a traditional look if done correctly this is another area where you could use the column radiators but creating a modern feel by using the tall vertical column radiators that can be supplied in white and then painted to suit the color and décor of the room. As a rule of thumb designer sleek looking radiators look great in your home by adding a focal point to the room, but the draw back on buying a designer radiator is low heat output, making your home colder in winter and costing more money in heating bills due to ineffective low efficiency in your radiators heat output.

How to choose the size of radiators required for your home
Radiators as we all know come in various sizes, there is no defined size of radiator that should be used in your home because it is the heat output of the radiator that is important factor. All radiators are generally placed under windows to warm the cold air as it enters the window area; radiators are also located near doorways to again warm the cold air that circulates throughout the house. You can take into account that if your home is well insulated with good draft free windows, you then have open options for the placement of the radiator on any wall. This is great if your want to create a designer look room or just want to organize the room better, in most cases it is a fairly inexpensive job to move the radiator pipe work so you get to pick the correct size radiator to suit your room.

How to choose the correct Heat output (Btu`s) radiator to heat your room
All radiators have a temputure output rating called Btu`s (British thermal units) or another rating is called watts. When buying any radiator always check the btus or watts of a radiator as these will give you the correct output you need to heat your room. If you don’t understand how to calculate the btus required for a room you 1st need to calculate the size of the room, width, length, height you then need to calculate the insulation levels. This is all no easy task, this is why it’s best to use an online Btu calculator like ………….. Recommended. Just enter some simple information into a few fields then you have your btus and watts so you know what is the correct heat output radiator for your room.

So hopefully now you have a great idea of what to look for when buying radiators for your home, here is an other online resource to get you started buying your radiators www.radiatorsuperstore.co.uk

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We all remember the days of when all we had was a slide up and down shower over the bath or even the rubber hoses that push over the bath taps. Well thankfully those day are gone and we can have some designer showers and relaxing showers to enjoy. If you are looking for a mixer shower why not try adding x4 body jets with a shower pump and have a real invigorating showering experince.

These mixer showers and shower body jets are easy to install and work to there fullist with a shower pump or a high pressure water system.

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