Morning all,
I have just returned from holidays to find a leak coming from our hot water tank in the airing cupboard. I had a plumber out yesterday and he replaced an O ring where the leak appeared to be coming from but yesterday evening the leak stared up again and I can see it's coming from the mixer valve (thermostatic valve?).
Sadly, I am sceptical about calling the guy from yesterday because he seemed to suggest that I might get a problem from the mixer valve and he told me you can't get this valve any more as it's obselete and would potentially need to replace the whole tank (at about £2000!). A coincidence that it's gone wrong now? Maybe I'm just synical but I'm also just being cautious.
The tank is a Range Flowmax and whilst the sticker showing information is ripped, I think the product reference number is either 4661 or 4651.
I wondered if anyone can give me some advice as to
A) What the problem may be and how I can resolve it?
B) If I need to replace the mixer valve, where is it best to obtain it from?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
I have just returned from holidays to find a leak coming from our hot water tank in the airing cupboard. I had a plumber out yesterday and he replaced an O ring where the leak appeared to be coming from but yesterday evening the leak stared up again and I can see it's coming from the mixer valve (thermostatic valve?).
Sadly, I am sceptical about calling the guy from yesterday because he seemed to suggest that I might get a problem from the mixer valve and he told me you can't get this valve any more as it's obselete and would potentially need to replace the whole tank (at about £2000!). A coincidence that it's gone wrong now? Maybe I'm just synical but I'm also just being cautious.
The tank is a Range Flowmax and whilst the sticker showing information is ripped, I think the product reference number is either 4661 or 4651.
I wondered if anyone can give me some advice as to
A) What the problem may be and how I can resolve it?
B) If I need to replace the mixer valve, where is it best to obtain it from?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.