Hi , i was wondering what the average cost would be to have an electric shower installed as i,ve been quoted quite a few different prices : one guy is asking for £200 which seems quite steep .Can anyone advise me please on just what kind of costs are actually involved as i,ve been ripped off sooo many times in the past by rogue tradesmen .Cheers folks

it can veary plus it depends how & where u want it situated.
i use to do them for friends & family and u get some that a picece of p*ss to install & then u can get some that are a realy pain in the back side.
so it realy depends on how much work will be involved i suppose.
barter with whom ever quoted you tell them you've had cheaper quotes.

Does that include the shower

Is the correct cable in place with all the safety devices.

£200.00 could be very cheap, in fact too cheap.

Need to know what is involved and included.

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Need more info,are you supplying shower?has there been one before ,does is cable there?rcd?piping etc

Hi Scruff ,Stephen&rubixs,
No i was given an electric shower so not needing one supplied : another guy has quoted £150 but he is really busy at the moment. There has never been a shower there before ,as far as i know anyway ,and the walls are wood panelling which i,m also intending to have redecorated . I have a combi bolier so just wonder if it would be easier to buy a new shower ? I was looking at the b&q website and there is a mixer shower on there reduced by £100 so i,m thinking of just buying that one as i would need to start having electrical work done ,etc to have the one i was given put in .Do you think a mixer one is best and would this be more economical to have fitted? Cheers for your help.

So did the £200 include running a 6mm cable back to the consumer unit, RCD, switch etc, as well as the plumbing.

If you get a shower from BnQ remember it will be poor quality but must be suitable for a combi.

Personally I think it's good to have a back up shower for when the boiler breaks down.

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Not all combis are suitable for mixers,the shower usually states what combis its compatable with

Thanx guys the £200 quote guy just said he would arrange for his sparky mate to also come out and "estimated" his work ,plumbimg would be £100 and his mate ,the sparky would also be £100 but didn,t really go into detail as such :

This is the shower i,ve seen on b&q and it says it would be compatible with a combi bolier

Gainsborough Senator Mixer Shower Chrome
EAN: 5016252260616
Now £109.00 Was £209.00

The electic one i was given is a Gainsborough Energy 1000x .

Is the shower being fitted over the bath,If so £100 sounds pricey for a couple of meters of pipe t'd into the cold pipe and £100 for the electrics sounds on the low side for supplying and running cable an rcd if needed pullswitch etc.Find out how he's going to run the cable from your fusebox to the shower will it be trunking on the walls.The sparky's never even seen it how can he tell what needs done

Yeah ,it,s to be over the bath and the guy just estimated his mate,s work but as you say , how can he really without his mate actually seeing the work? It does seem quite a lot of electrical work will be involved so perhaps i would just be better off with a mixer shower ?

A sparky may do the whole job for 200 notes if he has odds and ends on the van, but 100 quid I doubt very much, unless it's plus materials.

How far away is the consumer unit.

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Do you mean the fuse box -consumer unit ? It,s about 22 ft away from the bath to my hallway were the box is located . I,m not too sure of course ,just how qualified these guys are ,i.e. the sparky especially as i,m pretty scared of electricity at the best of times due to when i was having my full house rewired ,the sparky then was asking me to help him "raggle"? wires etc

I think you need to decide which way to go first, combi or electric, as I said a back-up is good and probably give a better shower, but you should phone a sparky first and ask if he could do all the job including the water side, and how much.

What combi make/model do you have, and how old.

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Yeah Scruff i think i,ll opt for the mixer one that,s on offer at b&q as i didn,t realise just how much electrical work would be involved when having the electric shower i was given installed . My bolier is a Sime 80c format which i had installed with my central heating about 3-4 years ago. My water pressure is fairly good ( kitchen runs faster than the bathroom though) .

Thing with going down that road is you can DIY if you wish.

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