Safe alternatives to a "suicide shower head"?
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Safe alternatives to a "suicide shower head"?
Hi all. In my house we have three bathrooms. Two upstairs, and one downstairs. I have a standard tankless waterheater that feeds everything in the house except for the bathroom downstairs, since this is a small bath with only tubing for cold water. Is a concrete house, so adding additional water tubes is not possible. The only solution I find is to add the so called "suicide shower", but i've read so many negative things about this, that is even illegal in the US to install these? (I mean, look how they are called). I would like to know, in the United States, what would be the best option, or standard option to add hot water to a bathroom without hot water plumbing? Thanks!
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Have you ever used a suicide shower? They do work and I've never been killed or even shocked by one but I'm very good about not touching the shower head at all when it is energized. You are right, I don't think they are permitted in the USA... and probably for good reason.
Can you run new pipes on the surface? It's not entirely pretty but it's an easy way to add a hot water line for minmal cost.
Can you run new pipes on the surface? It's not entirely pretty but it's an easy way to add a hot water line for minmal cost.
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I have to agree with Dane. You would need some type of local water heater and that may be more obtrusive then running a pipe on the surface.
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A point of use unit under a vanity would be your best bet..
But you need to explain to us how a bathroom in your home has cold water only? This would not be allowed by code as I know it...
But for what ever reason, if you can find the cold water line that feeds that bath you can install a small electric heater and feed a mixing valve to the cold water line to that bath... I believe you would need to set the temp to 120f or less.
All water out of the fixtures to that bath would be that temp...
But you need to explain to us how a bathroom in your home has cold water only? This would not be allowed by code as I know it...
But for what ever reason, if you can find the cold water line that feeds that bath you can install a small electric heater and feed a mixing valve to the cold water line to that bath... I believe you would need to set the temp to 120f or less.
All water out of the fixtures to that bath would be that temp...
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A point of use unit under a vanity would be your best bet..
But you need to explain to us how a bathroom in your home has cold water only? This would not be allowed by code as I know it...
But for what ever reason, if you can find the cold water line that feeds that bath you can install a small electric heater and feed a mixing valve to the cold water line to that bath... I believe you would need to set the temp to 120f or less.
All water out of the fixtures to that bath would be that temp...
But you need to explain to us how a bathroom in your home has cold water only? This would not be allowed by code as I know it...
But for what ever reason, if you can find the cold water line that feeds that bath you can install a small electric heater and feed a mixing valve to the cold water line to that bath... I believe you would need to set the temp to 120f or less.
All water out of the fixtures to that bath would be that temp...
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Those are called point of use heaters. They don't store any hot water..... they heat it on demand. It doesn't really make a difference what you install there.... it needs plumbing and electric. It WILL look out of place.