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Cheers for that. Your answer makes a lot of sense. That could well be the problem. I'll get an electrician to look it over. Thanks again for your help/input!

I turned off the overnight timer to test the boost. I kept the boost on for 3 hours and it supplied approx 12 mins of shower water at 35c (thermostat is set at 60c). I really don't know if that's normal with this sort of storage heater? Probably time to call in an electricial unless anyone has...

Thanks for all your ideas. I'll try the boost for a couple of hours + post a pic.

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I keep it on 'timed.' And the water comes out piping hot while it lasts. I'm afraid I'm not sure whether it's one or two immersion heaters. Any obvious way I could find out?

I have just moved into a new flat (newish build of 8 years) which has an electric storage heater (Horstmann economy 7, 170 litres). I keep it on a timer to heat the water for 5 hours each night. However, I find that it only allows for about 10 minutes of hot/warm shower water before it runs...