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Great video matey 👏🏻. I'm a registered Aqualisa Installer and saw this come through from their marketing team a whole back. It's a great idea and certainly makes like a lot easier. It's a shame there isn't something similar for a concealed shower valve but I think that might be asking too much 😂. Similar to other comments, remote working is a strange concept. If you have a bath filler you still have to put the plug in to fill the bath. If you have a shower enclosurer you still have to close the shower door before you flood the room! So I've never really been convinced about smart showers. But heh ho. Thanks for taking the time to put the content together. And enjoy Croatia 🇭🇷
James, you are a legend for making me aware of this product! 😍 At first, I was thinking why the hell do I need to control my shower from my phone? But this actually solves a big problem I currently have. My shower is leaking behind the wall and down to the room below. I’ve deduced that it is leaking behind the connectors on the wall where the pipes connect into them. I can only assume that the last homeowner / plumber didn’t connect the pipe behind the wall to the 150mm spaced fittings properly. I was thinking that I need to remove a tile or 2, re-connect the pipes to the 150mm spaced fittings properly, then put the tiles back on. A job I have been putting off for a long long time. However with this product, I can just disregard those 150mm spaced fittings, and install the new shower through the loft. Absolutely awesome! Now I just need to find out if it’s compatible with my Stuart Turner pump...
4:22 bold of you to assume that any shower in the world has shut-offs installed. From all the jobs I've been to so far, I can count on my hand how many had actual shutoffs installed.
Like the easy install. Be good for new installs where you can't or don't want to cut into the wall. Changing temp and on/off from a phone is a bit pointless but usage info would be interesting.
Do you know if you can change the Aqualisa hi q digital controller to something else? This one has this fiddly little ‘stick’ dial that’s broken twice now . Could I replace it with a different sturdier controller ?
Hey mate, quick question for ya..... to replaster and tile a 4' by 3' section of wall (without removing bath) that houses a shower fitting, how much is reasonable to charge? ok now I'm going to watch the video!
Go ask a local [to you] plaster and tiler! James is just a simple plumber... he doesn't do tiling. Also he now charges for questions so if you've not stumped up some cash he'll never reply. 🙄
Love watching all your video's. My only concern with the install is it won't suite most homes because of access to pipes and electric. Also where to hide to control box
These have been popular in replacing bar showers when renovating bathrooms for years due to one pipe feeding the outlet from the processor and this model can be fitted after tiling. I've fitted many of these processors and they normally go in the airing cupboard or loft space. There is a pumped option available when you need dedicated stored cold and hot from the hot water cylinder. There are non pumped options for unvented systems, dual outlet and wireless buttons. Many options are available from other companies where bath fillers can be set to fill to a certain amount . This isn't an example of a professional installation but a how to install and an advertisement.
don't understand the obsession of hooking every single thing in your house to your smartphone. Are you a ghost and can't interact with the world? Smh..
Nor me. It’s a shower for heavens sake. But manufacturers of just about anything feel they have to “digitise” everything. Not because it’s an upgrade but mainly just because they can. They think it makes their product cool. Until it goes wrong. But great video as always
@@topgazza Can’t you read? He said he doesn’t understand the obsession, I said he doesn’t have to because it comes down to personal preference. Which part of that don’t you understand?
I wish you worked in the Birmingham area of the UK, I'm really struggling to find a good plumber, who will actually turn up to quote when they say they would. I'm really wary of using trades that haven't been recommended to me, so won't just use someone from Facebook or the yellow pages (does that still exist?) Anyway, such neat work as always!
You regularly tell us to fit a water softener I live in Lincolnshire where the water is so hard it comes out the tap in lumps. But my plumber says I can’t fit a water softener with my idea boiler as it will wreck the heat exchanger. Is this true?
If your boiler has an aluminium heat exchanger ( most modern ones do) then you can’t have the heating system filled with softened water, if you have a combination boiler you simply by-pass the water softener ( they come with some valves you turn to by-pass it) that’s then hardened water filling it up. Once the system is filled with hardened water you turn the water softener back on and the domestic side will now operate with softened water
18:15 don't make the ethernet/phone wire shorter I feel that pain. I've tried even the most expensive of tools and terminating those without some loss of data rates is near impossible.
@@DukeofDave dead simple easy, you must have one of those exotic good quality cables with exotic good quality plugs. Try terminating a cheap cable with a cheap rj plug because your employer's a scumbag. The wire is clearly bitten down into but there's contact resistance of a trillion ohms and it passess the basic testers but when plugged to the network you only get 10mb rather than the full gb.
Thanks Jimmy and Aqualisa, looks like a great piece of kit that was designed with the installer and the end user in mind! Love the ability to control the shower within the App, doe's the App have a very loud alarm for people that have sticky pillow syndrome and find it hard to get out of bed in the morning? Ps. Happy holidays!
@@Nickbaldeagle02 good question Nick, the App potentially wont tell you that (unless it does, not checked) as you can have a high pressure system, ie combi boiler or system boiler with an unvented cylinder, in this scenario you can place the Brain/main unit anywhere that suits your particular installation but if you have a system boiler on a gravity fed system, ie header tanks in the loft and a venteted cylinder then you will need to site the Brain preferably where you get the most head of water, ie the airing cupboard, and run your pipes accordingly, hope that helps.
This looks a complete and utter ball ache. Imagine fitting all this drilling tiles and shit. And re routing the hot and cold in a brick built house? It's a no from me. Sorry mate, I'm too busy.
Great video and I think you are very skilled but I think this is such a waste of money and time. What happened to all this talk of the world warming up and we need to use less electricity. Connecting everything to your phone is just increasing how much energy we are using.
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Great video matey 👏🏻. I'm a registered Aqualisa Installer and saw this come through from their marketing team a whole back. It's a great idea and certainly makes like a lot easier. It's a shame there isn't something similar for a concealed shower valve but I think that might be asking too much 😂. Similar to other comments, remote working is a strange concept. If you have a bath filler you still have to put the plug in to fill the bath. If you have a shower enclosurer you still have to close the shower door before you flood the room! So I've never really been convinced about smart showers. But heh ho. Thanks for taking the time to put the content together. And enjoy Croatia 🇭🇷
James, you are a legend for making me aware of this product! 😍 At first, I was thinking why the hell do I need to control my shower from my phone?
But this actually solves a big problem I currently have. My shower is leaking behind the wall and down to the room below. I’ve deduced that it is leaking behind the connectors on the wall where the pipes connect into them. I can only assume that the last homeowner / plumber didn’t connect the pipe behind the wall to the 150mm spaced fittings properly. I was thinking that I need to remove a tile or 2, re-connect the pipes to the 150mm spaced fittings properly, then put the tiles back on. A job I have been putting off for a long long time. However with this product, I can just disregard those 150mm spaced fittings, and install the new shower through the loft. Absolutely awesome! Now I just need to find out if it’s compatible with my Stuart Turner pump...
Great video and nice idea! This seems like an easy retrofit and 100% would make a good update in my Airbnb property to help differentiate it.
Isn’t this just creating dead legs for legionella to grow?
4:22 bold of you to assume that any shower in the world has shut-offs installed. From all the jobs I've been to so far, I can count on my hand how many had actual shutoffs installed.
Sadly true!
Like the easy install. Be good for new installs where you can't or don't want to cut into the wall. Changing temp and on/off from a phone is a bit pointless but usage info would be interesting.
so i could have a shower when i’m driving to werk if i have my phone with me but am i phuqued when i’m having a shower if my phone ain’t waterproof xx
Brilliant. Well done..
Fuk adding my shower to my wifi network, my fridge and freezer have already been denied that LOL
Why on earth does a shower need to be connected to a phone, makes no sense to me.
James old boy. Did you say Bar mixer or did you say Bar Mitzvah? hehe.
Do you know if you can change the Aqualisa hi q digital controller to something else? This one has this fiddly little ‘stick’ dial that’s broken twice now . Could I replace it with a different sturdier controller ?
Hey mate, quick question for ya..... to replaster and tile a 4' by 3' section of wall (without removing bath) that houses a shower fitting, how much is reasonable to charge? ok now I'm going to watch the video!
Go ask a local [to you] plaster and tiler!
James is just a simple plumber... he doesn't do tiling. Also he now charges for questions so if you've not stumped up some cash he'll never reply. 🙄
I always keep my old rubbers James,just in case I get caught short 😉💦😂😂😂
Love watching all your video's. My only concern with the install is it won't suite most homes because of access to pipes and electric. Also where to hide to control box
These have been popular in replacing bar showers when renovating bathrooms for years due to one pipe feeding the outlet from the processor and this model can be fitted after tiling. I've fitted many of these processors and they normally go in the airing cupboard or loft space. There is a pumped option available when you need dedicated stored cold and hot from the hot water cylinder. There are non pumped options for unvented systems, dual outlet and wireless buttons. Many options are available from other companies where bath fillers can be set to fill to a certain amount . This isn't an example of a professional installation but a how to install and an advertisement.
James... so. Why no testing out the shower. Gone shy on us... 😂
don't understand the obsession of hooking every single thing in your house to your smartphone. Are you a ghost and can't interact with the world? Smh..
It’s personal preference, what you might not like doesn’t mean everyone else won’t like either.
I link RUclips to my phone so I guess you're right
Nor me. It’s a shower for heavens sake. But manufacturers of just about anything feel they have to “digitise” everything. Not because it’s an upgrade but mainly just because they can. They think it makes their product cool. Until it goes wrong.
But great video as always
@@slicklace D Hristov didn’t say that did he ?
@@topgazza Can’t you read? He said he doesn’t understand the obsession, I said he doesn’t have to because it comes down to personal preference. Which part of that don’t you understand?
Will this work with a combo boiler?
yes works with all systems, the processor he uses in this video is the unpumped version for combi systems / pressurised systems.
I'm trying to find the video years back where you show off your wall chasing tool. Can anybody kindly provide a link?
So are tectite copper push fits ok for plastic then?
Inserts required
I wish you worked in the Birmingham area of the UK, I'm really struggling to find a good plumber, who will actually turn up to quote when they say they would.
I'm really wary of using trades that haven't been recommended to me, so won't just use someone from Facebook or the yellow pages (does that still exist?)
Anyway, such neat work as always!
Just do a google search and look at the reviews 🤷🏼♂️... stop living such a paranoid life lol... not all tradesmen and women are bad 🤦
You regularly tell us to fit a water softener I live in Lincolnshire where the water is so hard it comes out the tap in lumps. But my plumber says I can’t fit a water softener with my idea boiler as it will wreck the heat exchanger. Is this true?
If your boiler has an aluminium heat exchanger ( most modern ones do) then you can’t have the heating system filled with softened water, if you have a combination boiler you simply by-pass the water softener ( they come with some valves you turn to by-pass it) that’s then hardened water filling it up. Once the system is filled with hardened water you turn the water softener back on and the domestic side will now operate with softened water
18:15 don't make the ethernet/phone wire shorter
I feel that pain. I've tried even the most expensive of tools and terminating those without some loss of data rates is near impossible.
Behave. A kid could do it 🤣
@@DukeofDave not without losing the 1gb link you can't.
@@dimitar4y of course you can, I've done it countless times, it's easy.....and this isn't that, it's a dead simple RJ11 plug
@@DukeofDave dead simple easy, you must have one of those exotic good quality cables with exotic good quality plugs. Try terminating a cheap cable with a cheap rj plug because your employer's a scumbag. The wire is clearly bitten down into but there's contact resistance of a trillion ohms and it passess the basic testers but when plugged to the network you only get 10mb rather than the full gb.
@@dimitar4y No offense, but you are talking utter nonsense.
Hi
Why, oh why? 🙈
Thanks Jimmy and Aqualisa, looks like a great piece of kit that was designed with the installer and the end user in mind! Love the ability to control the shower within the App, doe's the App have a very loud alarm for people that have sticky pillow syndrome and find it hard to get out of bed in the morning? Ps. Happy holidays!
Cheers Chris!
Does the app explain how to re route the hot and cold up to the loft?
@@Nickbaldeagle02 No.... but it does make you a nice cup of tea in the morning. If you ask it nicely. 😏
@@Nickbaldeagle02 good question Nick, the App potentially wont tell you that (unless it does, not checked) as you can have a high pressure system, ie combi boiler or system boiler with an unvented cylinder, in this scenario you can place the Brain/main unit anywhere that suits your particular installation but if you have a system boiler on a gravity fed system, ie header tanks in the loft and a venteted cylinder then you will need to site the Brain preferably where you get the most head of water, ie the airing cupboard, and run your pipes accordingly, hope that helps.
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Why?
This looks a complete and utter ball ache. Imagine fitting all this drilling tiles and shit. And re routing the hot and cold in a brick built house? It's a no from me. Sorry mate, I'm too busy.
Then there is the very real risk of cracking the tile.
Well done poo
Looks hideous... also you've capped off the hot and colds behind it leaving 2 dead legs....
What’s the point. Really….
What a waste of time. Complete overkill and a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
Better hope the electronics doesn't go wrong and turn on the shower when you are out of the house.
Great video and I think you are very skilled but I think this is such a waste of money and time. What happened to all this talk of the world warming up and we need to use less electricity. Connecting everything to your phone is just increasing how much energy we are using.
crap idea, def no
what a load of crap to get a shower. just turn it on and when hot enough for you, get showered and turn off.as olag says simples
What a waste of time