Had to Replace My Power Shower Last Night.

I found myself in a rather unfortunate position last night of being naked below a shower that would refuse to start. Its one of those power shower units. It pulls the hot and cold water through by a motor. It had been threatening to die on me for a while so it was a good thing I had a replacement safely stored away in my garage for a not so rainy time. See what I did there?

The original unit was 15 years old. Not bad for an often used item. My replacement while not the exact same model was from the same manufacturer. Triton. It turned out to be an excellent choice.

I had to quickly locate the stop valves for the hot and cold water. The hot was in my airing cupboard and the cold in my attic. Whoever installed the original didn't have the concept of future proof in his head. Even worse, the power was attached onto the lighting ring main. Now 7 o'clock in the evening in autumn is pretty dark around here. Time for torches and candles while I sorted out the unit.

My kids were unfortunately trying to get to sleep while I made all the noise but I guess they see it as a bonus getting to stay awake late.

I disconnected the wiring and then screws attaching the shower unit on the wall. I had to physically pull the unit away from the water pipes to disconnect them and it turn out there was quite a lot of water in the pipes. So much so that I think the stop valves probably weren't working very well. At least the water was just running into my bath.

The new unit was then pushed onto the pipes and this is why it was such a great choice to buy from the same manufacturer, I didn't even had to drill new holes in the wall. Everything went back where it came from. Same screw positions, same shower hose. I quickly re-attached the wiring, put the cover on, checked everything over and then turned on the water and powered up the system. It spluttered a little, I guess as it has been sat in my garage for about 4 months. I think the brushes on the motor had rusted slightly from not being used. I was just in the process of turning it on and off for testing and to see why it was spluttering when I forgot the shower head was on the floor pointing up at me. A quick dry down and I was ready to give a full test. Cold temperature. Check! Hot temperature Check! Fast and slow speed check!

Not bad I think. Fully installed in around 30 minutes. Then it was time to get naked again. What a refreshing shower it was too. Stronger than the last unit as well. Bonus!