Month: June 2019

I wanted to write a bit about electric showers. I have fitted quite a lot over the years and after my recent experience thought I would share and recommend.

I have always fitted Triton showers as well as many others but what I like about Triton is that they are always great priced and I dont really ever see them have a problem, up until recently that is.

Triton do a large range of showers,starting from £50 and up. Believe me even the £50 showers are value for money and they seem to go on and on.

I decided to install a Triton eclipse recently so these cost up around the £120 mark and thought it was a great shower, like many of these although they have multiple entry points its hard to get and isolator and connector all within and the shower its self and its still a fiddly job. But I did have a few options when installing and it all worked out in the end.

Where I was really impressed and strangely its when it developed a fault, was when the pressure relief valve went. I swapped the part over myself as its relatively cheap but noticed a weep from within. I got hold of Triton and they were straight on booking an engineer to view it. The only downside it was not going to be for a few days but that is one of those things.

The engineer came out and he had a wealth of experience with these things and immediately was able to determine the problem. He replaced the part and was in and out within 30 mins.

Now I dont know about you but I think that’s hell of a service for a relatively cheap product and I know they are obliged to usually sort it with in its first 2 years. But they could of easily said we will refund it, which is fine if you can fit a new shower yourself but if you have to get someone around to do it, it will inevitably end up costing you more.

So I can not recommend Triton enough. I think its a great product and you will have the peace of mind that if it does have a fault you will have someone around to sort it out for you..

Click on the image to be taken to the Ebay site where you can get more detail about the Triton showers for sale.

Thanks for reading..

Toby

With summer ahead, I am getting loads of requests for sheds, So I have had a quick scout around to see if i can find some good deals on Ebay..

So I am looking at the lower end of the market something just to store garden tools/furniture around £300 and under. There are 2 construction types to be familiar with.

1. Ship lap
2. Overlap.

1. Ship lap is where the cladding is jointed together with a Tongue and groove joint. This looks nicer and is easier to maintain, also it has a smooth finish and the cladding boards come in a variety of thicknesses. Technically this is a stronger construction then the over lap and will usually cost a bit more money.

Click here to go to ebay where you can see the shed.

2.Overlap, is basically like a feather edge fence but vertical. Its usually rough sawn timber and doesn’t have the same clean lines as the ship lap style of shed. But if well maintained these can last a long time and the benefit of this type of finish is that if one of the panels pieces of timber need replacing its a lot easier then trying to replace a ship lap panel.

There are then different styles of roof a “pent” which is the style at the top of this article where the roof slopes in one direction or the “apex” which is the one beside here which is a bit like the roof on a house. The pent will give you more headroom in the centre of the shed where as the pent will have more head room at the front. So if you want a work bench in a shed then a pent could be a good option.

The last options you will see when purchasing a shed is how the timber is treated. One option is “dipped” and one option is “pressure treated”. They are pretty self explanatory, but the pressure treated is a better treatment in the sense that the treatment is forced deeper into the wood, where as the dipped will just coat the outside up. Both are good however and they also advise to coat the timber up again once installed.

If you are keen to look at the sheds I have found then please click on the picture where you will be taken to the ebay site that sells them.

Thanks for reading and I hope this short guide offers some help in picking a new shed…