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I see this issue is not a new one, but I have a variable that I wanted to check with you guys before I do anything.
I've just moved into a house share, and the room has an en suite shower that has apparently never worked. There is a very slow trickle with the mixer turned to hot, and sometimes, if I'm lucky, if I suck really hard on the hand shower hose, I can get it to start, and then have a normal shower, but I rarely succeed with this. This certainly points to an issue with the mixer, but is this a fault on the mixer, or just a high pressure mixer that can't be used with the low pressure hot water supply? Are these mixers adjustable? I can't tell you what brand it is, because it doesn't have anything printed on it and wanted to get some guidance before I started knocking holes in the wall.
The cold water supply is at mains pressure, and the hot water has a header tank in the loft. The top of the header tank is about 4m from the mixer, so would have roughly 0.4 bar. We do know that the cylinder is somewhat silted up and needs replacing anyway, but I have my doubts that replacing the cylinder alone will fix the problem.
What would you suggest as the next steps? Remove the mixer and see if I can see a problem with it and possibly replace it with a low pressure version, or fit a pump? Or both?
Thanks
Peter
I've just moved into a house share, and the room has an en suite shower that has apparently never worked. There is a very slow trickle with the mixer turned to hot, and sometimes, if I'm lucky, if I suck really hard on the hand shower hose, I can get it to start, and then have a normal shower, but I rarely succeed with this. This certainly points to an issue with the mixer, but is this a fault on the mixer, or just a high pressure mixer that can't be used with the low pressure hot water supply? Are these mixers adjustable? I can't tell you what brand it is, because it doesn't have anything printed on it and wanted to get some guidance before I started knocking holes in the wall.
The cold water supply is at mains pressure, and the hot water has a header tank in the loft. The top of the header tank is about 4m from the mixer, so would have roughly 0.4 bar. We do know that the cylinder is somewhat silted up and needs replacing anyway, but I have my doubts that replacing the cylinder alone will fix the problem.
What would you suggest as the next steps? Remove the mixer and see if I can see a problem with it and possibly replace it with a low pressure version, or fit a pump? Or both?
Thanks
Peter