Hi
I've recently moved into a new house and inherited a Triton mixer shower (I think it's a Triton Unichrome Aire looking at their website). We have a combi boiler hot water system with reasonable water pressure. Unfortunately the shower is always either too hot (no cold water coming through at all), or it is too cold (very high pressure cold water coming through).
Basically, if you start from the very lowest temp setting, you only get hot water coming through the shower at a normal pressure. As you increase the temperature (past the limiter) then when it reaches approx 45C it suddenly switches to just cold water at high pressure. If you then adjust the temperature setting back down again, at approx 35C the cold appears to cut out again and just leave the hot water again.
When running taps in the same bathroom the water pressure for hot and cold appear to be fairly similar, and I've tried messing around with the boiler temperature to see if that helps, to no avail.
I'm considering the fact the the shower might just be broken and needs replacing - if so is it a safer bet to get a mixer shower or should I go for a thermostatic shower (a little to expensive so would rather keep it cheap if poss!!) However don't want to go to the hassle and expense of changing the shower if the problem is more to do with the water system / pressure etc.
I'm quite happy to refit a new shower as can do v basic plumbing, but have to be honest in saying that I really don't have a clue when things stop working. If checked out the manufacturers website and had a quick look through previous posts, but nothing quite seems to answer my questions.
Any help would be most appreciated before I go wasting a load of money!
Thanks
Mark.
I've recently moved into a new house and inherited a Triton mixer shower (I think it's a Triton Unichrome Aire looking at their website). We have a combi boiler hot water system with reasonable water pressure. Unfortunately the shower is always either too hot (no cold water coming through at all), or it is too cold (very high pressure cold water coming through).
Basically, if you start from the very lowest temp setting, you only get hot water coming through the shower at a normal pressure. As you increase the temperature (past the limiter) then when it reaches approx 45C it suddenly switches to just cold water at high pressure. If you then adjust the temperature setting back down again, at approx 35C the cold appears to cut out again and just leave the hot water again.
When running taps in the same bathroom the water pressure for hot and cold appear to be fairly similar, and I've tried messing around with the boiler temperature to see if that helps, to no avail.
I'm considering the fact the the shower might just be broken and needs replacing - if so is it a safer bet to get a mixer shower or should I go for a thermostatic shower (a little to expensive so would rather keep it cheap if poss!!) However don't want to go to the hassle and expense of changing the shower if the problem is more to do with the water system / pressure etc.
I'm quite happy to refit a new shower as can do v basic plumbing, but have to be honest in saying that I really don't have a clue when things stop working. If checked out the manufacturers website and had a quick look through previous posts, but nothing quite seems to answer my questions.
Any help would be most appreciated before I go wasting a load of money!
Thanks
Mark.