Consider a shower dome as well. Very warm while showering and stops all the steam escaping into the room. After it was installed and considering the cost, in hindsight I would have done the same with a flat sheet of Perspex from Bunnings. Dome height wasn’t needed as the shower is tall.
Make sure you buy a decent one. I purchased a Goldair from M10. It's now a Rustair.
More generally, if you're getting something for the bathroom don't get plastic-coated or chromed steel anything because it'll eventually end up as a mass of rust. Get (in order) stainless steel, aluminium, or good-quality powder-coated steel, but preferably SS or alu.
froob: The Weiss fan heater we installed in 2014 is still going strong and looks more or less like new. Interestingly enough it actually comes with a plug fitted, which has to be cut off to hard wire it.
That's to comply with Australian electrical safety regulations, you're not allowed to sell certain appliances with bare leads so they put a plug on that you have to cut off to get the bare leads you're not supposed to have.
froob: The Weiss fan heater we installed in 2014 is still going strong and looks more or less like new. Interestingly enough it actually comes with a plug fitted, which has to be cut off to hard wire it.
That's to comply with Australian electrical safety regulations, you're not allowed to sell certain appliances with bare leads so they put a plug on that you have to cut off to get the bare leads you're not supposed to have.
That was the reason given for the downlights all coming with them, but it actually was for warranty things so that they didnt have to deal with oafs breaking the crap terminals off or trying to stuff 3 2.5mms into them and other idiotic things that sparkies who probably shouldnt be in the industry will do. If there is terminals the sparky uses, they have to have strain relief and clamping that means that the secondary insulation goes all the way into the lamp or driver. That means it has to be larger and have bigger screws etc. Putting the 2x 0.75mm and molded plug on moves all that hassle to the socket that the sparky will fit instead.
Eva888: Consider a shower dome as well. Very warm while showering and stops all the steam escaping into the room. After it was installed and considering the cost, in hindsight I would have done the same with a flat sheet of Perspex from Bunnings. Dome height wasn’t needed as the shower is tall.
I'd live one, or the Perspex flat sheet but I'm over DIY installs. I'm trying to clean all of our walls and ceilings and having enough trouble getting that done.
froob: The Weiss fan heater we installed in 2014 is still going strong and looks more or less like new. Interestingly enough it actually comes with a plug fitted, which has to be cut off to hard wire it.
That's to comply with Australian electrical safety regulations, you're not allowed to sell certain appliances with bare leads so they put a plug on that you have to cut off to get the bare leads you're not supposed to have.
I understand back in the 80's in the UK, you actually had to install plugs on electrical appliances because they came with a bare ended wire.
Eva888: Consider a shower dome as well. Very warm while showering and stops all the steam escaping into the room. After it was installed and considering the cost, in hindsight I would have done the same with a flat sheet of Perspex from Bunnings. Dome height wasn’t needed as the shower is tall.
Only really possible with smaller shower cubicles. Wouldn't work on my shower which is 1x2m, or titled types with just a screen without a door. Putting an extraction fan over a shower also helps a lot and prevents the bathroom filling up with steam. Also being on a 15 minute timer after it is switched off means that the bathroom should be steam free..
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