The best shower gives enough water to wash away suds efficiently with enough pressure for a good spray pattern, and will costs the least. It is because you get the flow and pressure right that its efficient and costs less. Many customers have such a shower and you could have one.
What is the current situation.
The cost and the performance of a shower should be a major factor in your choice of a shower as you probably use a shower at least once a day. In most cases you inherited a shower, and unless it was due for replacement, in the past, it would not have made economic sense to change it …… until now.
The increase in the cost of gas to 7p kWh and electricity 28p kWh announce by Ofgen and to be increase again in October 2022 makes it imperative to change if you can. An electric shower costs X3 the cost of using gas to heat the shower water. All homes will be different but a family of 4 having one traditional shower a day (1,500 showers) will save £360 a year at todays prices.
What is the solution.
Switch to a shower using gas to heat the water and buy a shower mixer which works well for high and low pressures. This link will allow you to find the best mixers https://showerpowerbooster.co.uk/information/best-mixer-showers/
Shower heads have a major influence on the shower and you can easily reduce or increase the flow using a shower head with multiple settings. If after fitting your new shower you find you have too little flow (or too much flow), buy a multi setting efficient shower head. This link will allow you to find a good efficient multi setting shower head .
https://www.wrightpumps.co.uk/blog/the-best-shower-head-for-all-systems/
How can SPB help this change
For most homes you will have no pressure problems and you can simply install a new shower mixer.
If you do have a pressure problem then whatever system is you have a shower power booster will sort it. It works with any and all systems. Use this link to see what you need in your home A ShowerPowerBooster will sort any pressure problem.
ShowerPowerBoosters are a new technologically advanced pump which can provide a good traditional shower. SPB is a small retrofitted inline micro pump which can be installed DIY and without the need for an electrician. It is the only pump which scores the maximum of 5 full stars on Trustpilot.
What is stopping this change
For many years the councils and housing authorities have only installed electric showers. In some councils it is the policy that if a tenant needs to change a bath room into a shower room then the only solution considered is an electric shower. If a house has a vented or unvented system they will not look to just improve the existing system, they will rip out the entire system. Fitting a new Combi Boiler and an electric shower can turn a job costing £250 into a job costing £5,000. Despite the latest energy crisis, Councils and Housing Associations have continued to fit electric showers and in recent approaches, defended their longstanding policies longstanding commercial arrangements with suppliers and contractors.
What can people reading do to help
As an independent UK company I cannot compete with the major corporations in terms of advertising or commercial/political influence. I do however have a proven product protected by a Patent and manufactured by the largest brass fitting manufacturer in the UK. If you are a private home owner you are able to make changes asap but you still pay in tax for wasteful Council policies. You could help by spreading the word and seek to influence your MP or local council. If you are a tenant, please read my blog on this and fit a SPB How to improve your shower in a rental property Since your landlord left you with an expensive electric shower you could try to appeal to your landlord.
