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<blockquote data-quote="Josh Millward" data-source="post: 67587" data-attributes="member: 970">Re: The official shower complaint thread.Oh yes... really good showers seem to be hard to find. Thankfully I was able to get one in my house. The keys for me seem to be:1. Unlimited hot water (as long as the power is on)2. A high shower head3. Good flow at a reasonable pressure (this does mean a decent volume of water)So, when my ancient 40 gallon LP fired water heater died, I ponied up and bought the electric on demand type. It requires three 50A 240V circuits... in the instructions it recommends not using plastic pipe for at least the first 10 feet coming out of the unit... because it could melt. Also, I put a riser arm on the shower. You know you can usually unscrew that down tilting arm coming through the wall in your shower and replace it, right? At my local Lowe&#039;s they had these little arms that come out, tilt up at a 45 degree angle and rise about a foot. Then I put a nice shower head on it from which I had removed the little flow restrictor. Taking showers at home is a joy now.Unfortunately, this means that when I go pretty much any place, I don&#039;t like the showers. LVH (formerly Las Vegas Hilton) wins my award for the showers that piss me off the most. Zero water volume... this means if you are up early to shower, it could be a LONG wait for hot water and the showers take forever because I require a certain volume of water to wash the soap off my body... restricting the flow that much does NOT help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Josh Millward, post: 67587, member: 970"] Re: The official shower complaint thread. Oh yes... really good showers seem to be hard to find. Thankfully I was able to get one in my house. The keys for me seem to be: 1. Unlimited hot water (as long as the power is on) 2. A high shower head 3. Good flow at a reasonable pressure (this does mean a decent volume of water) So, when my ancient 40 gallon LP fired water heater died, I ponied up and bought the electric on demand type. It requires three 50A 240V circuits... in the instructions it recommends not using plastic pipe for at least the first 10 feet coming out of the unit... because it could melt. Also, I put a riser arm on the shower. You know you can usually unscrew that down tilting arm coming through the wall in your shower and replace it, right? At my local Lowe's they had these little arms that come out, tilt up at a 45 degree angle and rise about a foot. Then I put a nice shower head on it from which I had removed the little flow restrictor. Taking showers at home is a joy now. Unfortunately, this means that when I go pretty much any place, I don't like the showers. LVH (formerly Las Vegas Hilton) wins my award for the showers that piss me off the most. Zero water volume... this means if you are up early to shower, it could be a LONG wait for hot water and the showers take forever because I require a certain volume of water to wash the soap off my body... restricting the flow that much does NOT help. [/QUOTE]

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