Recent content by banhamd

thanks for that elthorne.. that sounds very plausible give amount of limescale here in Barking. perhaps the water mains work ( see my last response..) is a red herring after all!! Will try it. Thank god it doesn't involve rippout out back of shower - took me 4 years to get round to putting...

thanks for the response, I thought i'd better flesh it out a bit more to be sure of the issue; When i installed the valve it was fine for a couple of years. Then we started to notice the hot water was luke warm and fluctuating from warm to cooler almost in the same cycle all the time...

Hi mate i have the same issue - also a cross water shower valve and a vaillent boiler. Spooky. If you have a moment to tell me how your situation was fixed & how much it cost it would help me a lot. regards, Dan

ahhhhh...ouch

thanks for responses.....mains pressure is good , boiler is only 1 year old and in good working order. How risky is going for a plain mixer over a pressure balanced mixer? What are the "undesirable" things they can do under certain circumstances ( and what are the ...certain circumstances) ...

have vaillant turbomax 828 & need mixer shower... do i need pressure balanced mixer and will i get decent flow?!! I really need a wash...help!