HOW TO CHANGE AN ELECTRIC SHOWER - JOB REPORT - Plumbing Tips
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- This video will show you how to change an electric shower for a new one. From turning off the electric supply and water, to removing the old shower, marking and drilling the holes for the new one to commissioning the new electric shower.
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VERY IMPORTANT, always make sure you know where the water pipe and electric cable are running before drilling the screw holes.
absolutely right I was in hysterics waiting for the wall to spring a leak in 😂🤣
What's the easiest way to check this?
If the shower is upstairs go into the loft and look above the cubicle. If the pipe and cable are fed from above you will see them.
Or take off the old unit and you may be able to see which way they are being fed in.
If you cant see due to tiles or whatever you can use a pipe/cable detector.
Generally if they are not fed from above and are fitted correctly they should be either running vertically up, or possibly from the rear if there is a cupboard behind, or a hollow wall. @@red1981uk
Mini metal detector is the way I usually check for wires
@@red1981ukJust whack a screw in there full pelt, if water pi**es out then you have failed, if water doesn't p**s out then BINGO
Excellent video! I was quoted £300 for supply & fit to replace my broken down shower. Watched this and went to screw fix and got a new one for £49 job done.
I want to say thank you. I watched this video a few times and actually did it myself. The plumber wanted £120 just to swap over a shower unit. I did it myself feel really accomplished.
People like you ruining peoples incomes, taking food off his kids plates
@@RMMaryport I’m pretty sure the plumber can get work elsewhere. This man probably has mouths to feed too, hence why he couldn’t spend £120 on something he could do himself.
@@RMMaryport this video is literally to show people how to do it for themselves. If you don’t agree with that then why are you here
@@milkabunny7037 😂 😂
£120 iv been quoted £380 can’t believe it and Plummer only local
Thanks this helped a lot when I replaced my old shower with my new one. The water inlet was a bit of a nightmare to get the nut loose but a bit of vinegar and WD40 eventually loosened the bugger! Saved me a lot of money getting someone else to fit this for me!
Thank you so much for this video.
Never installed an electric shower before.
Now fully operational and working a treat.
It's amazing what you can learn from RUclips ❤
Why am I watching this in work? I'm not even looking to fit a new shower.
lol, I'm doing exactly the same thing
Lol
😅
I'm so relieved to see someone with charisma making videos like this, so thank you! I'm not sure I could have managed another dull monotonous DIY video in preparation for doing some work in our house!
Mate you are my hero, have just fit my first change over new shower with your help, I was scared but did the job perfect, I did watch your video about 5 times lol...have subscribed and liked, top man!! 👍👍👍
Just needed to double check everything over with this video. Looks like it's installed now. Thanks for the guide.
You should be on morning telly with your presenting skills and humour, giving plumbing tips to all the housewives who watch Philip Schofield and co.
Philip Schofield got plenty of time for DIY now!
😂😂😂
@@plumberpartsu absolutely 💯 clown 🤡
great video changing my shower tomorrow never done it before but after watching plumberparts i feel confident now many thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your videos have been a superb help this month whilst my dad helps me refit my whole bathroom. You are awesome (and hilarious!) :D
thank you thank you for your tutorial. i have just successfully replaced my old electric shower. yayyyy
00:04:35 is where there is an edit at the hardest part. swiveling the elbow and removing the nut and olive when they are completely seized up.
Been watching your videos for a while now, very helpful. I found it amusing "if you have a qualified sparky around, to give you a hand" I am the sparks, its the compression joints that fill me with terror! Any way when Travis Perkins (TP) open, next door, I can get the job done! 15mm to 15mm plastic quick fit 90 elbow, repeat....!
Just watched this and picking my new shower up shortly. Fingers crossed it goes to plan.
Also worth noting if you get a more powerful shower you may need to uprate the cable. That one however looks like with 6mm or 10mm. Top video man!
I love all your videos they are wonderful and so are you and George.
Run the shower on cold for 30second after installing or you can blow the thermal cut out.
Brilliant vid! You are a funny guy, you made learning fun 😂 cheers
Came for the knowledge ... Stayed and subscribed for the amazing energy and funnies ! Good stuff
Morning James. Love your videos. I've just fitted a new square MK shower pull switch. All is working ok. The red light shows brightly when on. But the red light still glows rather dim when I turn it off. Is that normal? I have turned it off at the consumer board. Please help mate.
Dave.
Not sure. Best ask the guys @artisanelectrics
Did you put a new nut and olive on ?
what happens to the water that fall on top of the shower unit. Do you need to put silicone around the casing of the shower that meets the wall?
Probably best to in that situation. Given half the tile is missing.
Thanks for the video. It's given me the confidence to have a go myself.
Always helpful and good humour. Thank you.
Love your work mate, but as a sparky I need to point out that there wasn't an RCD in place there (unless it was hidden away somewhere). Really a sparky should come in to test that circuit and issue a Minor Works Certificate and Building Control Notification Certificate upon completion. An RCD is a must in a bathroom pretty much nowadays.
Video is good, but to be honest, any half decent DIYer should be able to change an electric. What would be much more helpful is a video on changing an electric shower for a thermostatic. I appreciate theres a lot of issues to be considered in this but I'm sure you're the man for the job!!!
Hi mate, is your meter set to volts ac above 240v scale when you check isolation ( just to confirm thanks)
how come u didnt go left into the shower so it was in the same sort of place
was it because the elbow was fouling on the shower head outlet
Hi, do you have a video to show how you completely remove an electric shower and replace it with a mains shower?
My inlet from the tank in the roof space comes in at a crazy angle. It's flush to nothing and there isn't any give as the tubing is tough plastic. It won't sit flush with the inlet arm. It's caused leaks and broke the previous showers plastic push on arm. I nearly need two 90 degree arms to make it work. Need to find the right compression fittings to make it work
good stuff. Surprised you didn't mount it to cover those holes....could the water have been fed in from the right?
+Toby Barker Sometimes its just impossible!
Thanks for the concepts you have provided here.
To ensure you safely isolate the electrical supply, you also need to prove that your tester is functional (using a proving unit or a known live supply), both before and after you test.
In the video, you did not prove that your tester was functional so it could have been possible that the supply was still live and your tester wasn't working properly.
Enjoyed the plumbing!! 😀
nobody got time for that
@@iz723😂
Thanks for this ima give it a try now
Didn’t show how water is connected,was it connected with a simple olive and nut.
Nice job ❤
Can you use push fit for the water connection ?
your just so knowledgeable and amazing
i would have poured resin over that switched off isolation switch at the electrical board first. Me mum always walks around switching switches back on for ya nicely when ye is working. That cable would boil yr earwax down properly love.
I have an old shower .. It’s shocking .. how do I get more pressure .. upgrade the system or ?
Good work mate, I have a question for you, today I replaced a triton electric shower for an exact model but it would not get heat the water, have you got any idea to why it’s not heating the water?! Please let me know, many thanks
Hi mate - not sure if you're still checking comments, but is this subject to Part P?
The British plumber version of Bradley Cooper.
This is the sort of comment I LOVE on a video!
Bradley Walsh!
Lol
sort of somewhere between the two :-)
I dont like Bradley Cooper.
Great video, good advice, you made it look easy and you were funny too!
Liked this video just because it was enjoyable...I SAID ENJOYABLE to watch. Especially your reaction to under the sink 🤣
It would drive me nuts stuck in that tiny room
Thanks for the informative video 👍. Any reason at all why I wouldn't be able to use a 15mm compression to 1/2" flex to connect an existing isolation valve to a replacement shower rather than fiddle around with new pipe work?
You’d reduce the water pressure as the bore hole of the flexi is typically around 10mm, they are also typically internally constructed of rubber wouldnt be as safe a a copper pipe which is grounded on the water supply (you do still have earth connection to the rcd from the terminal block though)
Do you need to seal round the shower for water getting in the back? Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant. That had me cracked up. Now to get the shower.
Great video .. Brian Harvey hasn't a patch on you .
Hi, is it a problem if i do not know what is the KW of my previous old Electric Shower? Wish to buy one with 9.5 kw. Any danger to be aware? Thanks for your advices. Warm regards
Hi mate, the water doesn't stop coming out from the electric shower after closing the water supply - Any Idea why that could happen?
He did not mention that the tank in attic has to be drained after main water supply is turned off.
Very good Mr Lawrence. Gold sticker for you!
240 volt LIVE wires in the shower???
Someone please tell me it's safe.......
Hello. What brand/model of shower would you recommend please.
Thanks
Andy
Clarification please, as a plumber do I need part P to install electric shower units?
Great video, Ignore the hateeeeeee,
I find your banter or craic as we NIrish call it good :)
Better than watching some yank harping on, in an infomercial,
Or a boring suited individual droning on in an over produced "how to" video!
Keep up the good work!
Hi,your videos are great!very good job!i would like to ask you something,i just bought an electric shower but without knowing nothing about it,i am a little bit afraid of the plumbing part,basically i do have a normal shower tap and the plumbing system works with an electric pump and since i can not afford to spend almost 1000 euro for plumbers etc the only option available was to take out the old tap and from there to the cold side connecting an hose straight to the electric shower,in my mind it should work but im not 100% sure because everytime i connect the pressure washer to that very tap for some reason after 3 second stop working like if the water stop running and the only way to use it without problems is that i need to open another tap (feeded by the water pump) everywhere in the house and keep it open until done,in that way everything works fine and because of this im not 100% sure,im just worried that the electric shower would do the same of the pressure washer...have you any idea if can be done in this way?
I’m from Scotland uk I’m not sure where this videos from but an away we have a electric shower just like one in this video but our is called Mira advanced, I don’t know yet what’s going to happen if there going to change it to the same function among one or the newer type ours is old anaway, we pressed the button to switch it on and it just stuck or should I say broke, and our house is council property l, if they do how long would they take to change it?
Hi James, enjoyed the video, learned a great deal, wanted to ask, have you covered all the pipe bends??, also, could you do a video on fixed point bending??? multiple bends, Thank you.
Can you connect the shower to a pressure valve that was put on to stop water flow?
Job done. Very funny too. Thanks.
Anyone recommend an electric shower model that has really good power/flow. That could replace one with crap flow?
Great video. What's the electrical tester you used? Cheers
If you add a hose diverter valve to an electric shower...can it cause a prv valve to leak?
Thanks for the video! Very helpful!
Really handy bro thanks
Hillarious fella grand job
Cheers for that can u tell me what the cables are are they 10mm also are they called 10mm because of the size of the sheath or the individual wire thanks
The hole mate I was expecting you to say wow there is a spider hahaha
so from an elecrtrical view the pull chord looks like its in zone 2 there was no rcd on the shower and no r1+r2 ,insulation resistance tests,Zs tests done .these are all the other side of things that should be done to change a shower ,not jsut swap one over ,remember if the electrics are faulty then the whole job is dangerous and the installer could be liable if someone gets hurt
Is it simple enough to upgrade a 9.5kw shower for a 10.5kw? Thanks
I feel i can do this easily but if you fit it yourself (as a lay person) would this invalidate the warranty (for a mira shower)
Hi! Would you tell me what is the model of your shower... it's so silent! I'm gonna change mine
I wish I could send you a pic of the state of our bathroom, the grout is atrocious (never mind the fact it’s yellow). Can you give some advice on whether you can hide electric shower wiring and copper pipes behind the wall as ours are exposed and it looks horrible. We need to retile.
The obvious answer to that is, yes you can sort it. The over obvious answer is call someone who knows what they are doing. I am confident enough to do DIY on things such as electrics and basic plumbing. If I was ever in doubt though and thought for a second I can not do it safe I would pay a pro. Specially with electrics that can kill you or a family member. Water would be a nightmare if gone wrong and cause damage and a lot but at least will not kill you. Don't mess with electricity if you do not have a clue.
Good video but feel it's important you stress the kw v the wire type and MCB capacity. Moving from a 9.5 to 10.5kw has a big impact on what is likely to be installed and will no longer be a like for like replacement.
Loving ya work! 👍👏🎉
And Friday!
Good point, I changed my shower over easy enough but that was after I got the go ahead from my sparky mate who baffled me with all this kV and "load" business
Hi is there any services valves to stop water coming out
what model is the triton shower?
Thanks fella
how much should it cost replacing an electrical shower?
Could anyone please tell if the elec cable is too short.. needs extending in order to be connected to shower,what materials do i need?please itemise. Thanks in advance.
no rcbo protection on the shower? someone didnt read the instructions!!!
Nope that’s a 100A DP isolation switch
should be an rcbo on that circuit form the consumer unit or at least at the isolator??
@@giggergigger1 only on new circuit installation. You are not required to retrofit an RCD or RCBO to an existing shower circuit if you are swapping the shower like for like.
@@MrWHITTERS8 would YOU wire a shower in your own home like that; new or retrofit? ! i dont think so!!
@@MrWHITTERS8 Actually yes you are. In BS7671 it states manufacturers instructions should be followed and all electric shower manufacturers state the circuit should be protected by an RCD.
Dude, you're correct in that you need to follow manufacturers instructions. In fact, if you don't follow them regarding the electrical side then you're in breach of the regs.
This means ensuring that all showers which you fit have RCD protection, regardless of whether you're replacing an old one. Check Triton's instructions and it says a 30mA RCD "MUST" be installed. An electrician will also test that the RCD works within parameters (if you have one), as well as checking the earth loop impedance (ie. that the earth is actually working within the limits that allow the breaker/fuse to operate).
This really isn't a job for someone without the knowledge or test equipment. As the old saying goes...just because it works, doesn't mean it's safe!
Hmmm think I have to get someone to install mine.... Fresh install
I think you are a good Plumber with a great attitude. and the Halloween episode was very funny.have my own Plumbing business. it's funny we all usually have the same sense of humour. top channel.😁
+oliver muff Cheers Oliver!
Hi how about a sticker😀
Mate, any recommendations on one of those electric units that provides hot water at point of use I'm building a garden room/man cave including a sink soon and can't make head nor tale of all the mixed reviews. Ever found one you rate for around a ton?
Great channel btw.
Hmmm Kingspan make a good one but I can’t remember how much it is!
Great vid
Great video and informative,thanks.
thank you great video
Love your videos. Seem like it would have covered the old holes if you turned hookup to the left (elbow on unit to the right) any particular reason other than you would have had to loosen it or turn another 1/2 turn?
I was thinking the same thing, the plastic elbow swivelled to the right so that would have covered the old holes.
+craig cope any idea on how he turned the elbow on the copper inlet? would he of had to heat up to loosen the solder and turn the elbow?
+DOSovCOV looks like a compression fitting, just loosen, turn then tighten
Great advice 👍
Always wandered whats stops water getting in round the shower itself?
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What I meant to say was you should check that the new fixing holes do NOT line up with he existing pipe work in the wall otherwise you have a leak .............?
Graham, which electric tester did you use? Can you share a link please?
What a ledge! Cheers mate really helped me out fitting my new unit today.
Great video thanks
Nice video man
Shower need RCD protection.