Mira Showers have been in the business of shower making for more than eighty years and their products are exported to more than forty countries.

It’s great to have wide variety to choose from, but at the same time it is quite perplexing too. But, understanding the kind of arrangement you have at home for hot and cold water would simplify the problem to a good extent. Just understand that all over the world there are two kinds of water systems in homes.

Low pressure Mira shower for the gravity hot water system

You see, the pressure with which water comes out of your shower depends upon two factors. One is the height of the tank above the shower and the other, the volume of water it has. Of course there is some room for manipulating the pressure by having some attachments at the end of the shower. The higher the tank above the shower, the greater is the pressure. This pressure is insufficient for most people who like to have a powerful shower. For such pressure, termed as low pressure, Mira has low water pressure shower. Unless you have a very good pressure or happen to be on a tight budget, such showers are not recommendable. Another feature you should take note of is that the connection from the cold tank to your shower must always be below the cold fill to your cylinder that stores hot water for Mira shower. This is to ensure that the user doesn’t get scolded in the event of cold-water tank running out of water.

High pressure Mira shower when you add shower pumps

To get water at high pressure it is necessary to have a pump that builds up the pressure. They are not very expensive and surely provide a different experience while showering. Plumbers generally recommend salamander Pumps and they are one of the best-known manufacturers of pumps. However, the operation of shower pumps is a bit noisy. If the walls of your house are thin, you may have to consider soundproofing arrangement or locate the pump strategically, traditionally it is housed in the loft or next to the cylinder.

Along with your Salamander pump, you would need to buy “hot flange connection”, a device that prevents undesirable water problem and facilitates installation. The following three types are available.

1. S Type Flange 1″ x 22mm compressed top entry flange

2. Essex Flange 15 (no stop) 15mm for RSP 45 & NP50 Salamander Pumps only

3. Essex Flange 22 22mm for all other Salamander Pumps

High pressure Mira showers for Combination Boilers

Installation of Mira showers is further facilitated if you already have a combination boiler facility as it eliminates the requirements of many components and complex pipe work. You just need to fix a tee close to your hot and cold pipe work. Generally, combination boilers have a capacity of delivering nine liters of hot water per minute. If you find that insufficient, you need to buy a boiler with higher KW rating. These days you may even get a boiler combination to deliver fourteen liters of hot water a minute or even more.

Irrespective of the system you choose, it is very important that the installation of Mira shower is designed to get hot and cold water at equal pressure. That can be obtained by use of pressure regulators. Else, you may take your cold supply from a tank or use a pressure vessel with balanced hot and cold supplies.

Commissioning your Mira shower: New pipe work should always be flushed thru before connecting it to your shower. This action removes all the debris or wire wool etc. that might have been used at the time installation of piping. Blowing down the pipe and passing small volume of clean water thru it can achieve it.

It must be added here that the above be treated as a brief guideline only for installation of Mira showers. You should always consult a qualified plumber before purchasing a system and its installation.