Shower types
What powers the shower.
The type of shower you can have depends on your hot-water system. Some showers use the hot water you already have; others heat it themselves or need a pump.
- Combi boiler
- Mixer or electric
- Unvented cylinder
- Mixer or electric
- Tank in the loft
- Pumped, power or electric
- Works without the boiler
- Electric
The basics
Start with your hot-water system. A combi boiler or an unvented cylinder delivers hot water at mains pressure; a tank in the loft delivers it by gravity, often at low pressure.
The types
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Mixer shower
Blends hot and cold from your boiler or cylinder.
3 topics inside →Electric shower
Heats cold mains water as you use it. Needs its own electrical circuit.
Power shower
A mixer with a built-in pump, for low-pressure tank-fed systems. Not for combi boilers.
Pumped shower
A mixer shower boosted by a separate pump on a tank-fed system.
Digital shower
Set by a button, remote or app; the mixing unit hides out of sight.
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