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Yep think you're right. Turned on fully hot and it flows ok. As soon as I try and mix a little cold in it the flow pulses. This valve allegedly comes with a 10year guarantee. Hoping to get the parts.....

cheers madrab - if its the thermostat does that mean total replacment to fix? It runs for 30 - 60 secs fine - then starts pulsing. With the shower fully on - ive gone back to the airing cupboard and isolated the cold feed to the shower and it stops the shower altogether. so the scald protection...

thanks for the replies.... Nothing else pulses - downstairs hot tap (dual flow mixer) no probs at all. The CW tank is full and looks to be filling up as quick as it can from raising main. Both the hot and cold fly out at the bath taps and empty the loft and HWC rapidly. The bath has its own...

Bought and fitted this concealed Thermostatic Shower Mixer Valve. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07C1QJ839 Has been working really well for 6 months. now it pulses. Gravity fed system. no pump. 22mm dedicated cold from header tank, 22mm hot , both reducing to 15mm for the last metre. It...

Hi All, Ive got a vented gravity system. 50 gal cold tank in the loft. bought a new mixer tap for the bathroom sink which is on mains cold, but the hot water is from my tank. https://www.screwfix.com/p/bristan-blitz-basin-mono-mixer-tap-with-clicker-waste/410gf Flow through the hot side is...

but the plastic stop end should be good? I dont fancy soldering that close to the electric cabling.....

not a big fan of plastic then?! :LOL:

Hi all, Lifted up the shower former to find this plastic stop on the cold gravity shower supply. Im going to pump 3 bars through this to the shower valve eventually. will it hold up to that pressure? I think its a Hep2 as the other plastic fittings and pipe are all HEP and I was wanting to...

thermal - sound - usual reasons..... are you suggesting they should be hollow?

this is how I wired mine.... this pic doesnt have the live and neutral added yet which I put in blocks as there was a few of them and the nest controller can only fit 1 cable in.....

hi all- do I need a vapour barrier on polystyrene insulation inside the shower cubicle? It already had some rockwool in and I need to buy some more - but will get polystyrene sheets if vapour barrier not needed..... aquapanel will be going over the top. Cheers

thanks for all the replies. Glad I started this thread because I would never have thought about different options available. Its an 18 year old boiler (baxi Solo 2 50 PF)(G Rated efficiency - none condensing) with no service history and open vented HWC. The mains pressure is good. I could spend...

Can I join the hot out from the pump back into the hot 22mm without running a dedicated new 22mm pipe for the shower hot? Would it just result in a loss of boost to the shower if someone opened up a hot tap downstairs or could it damage the pump? I dont want to damage the pump but it would be...

warranty looks fine as long as 45 degrees warranty conditions are fine doing it this way. thanks for the help. think I will get the flange and the parts to create an upward 45 degree vent pipe. when I cut the existing vent pipe - I will try and undo the top fitting that looks cemented in - and...

essex flange easier than trying to get that top thread off?