Recent content by Stuart Grimshaw

This morning I went back over everything you guys have told me in this thread and double checked everything. The first replacement shower I had only gave me hot water, and you told me to take the bung out and check I was getting cold water at the junction where the pipes enter, and I was. So I...

I’ll check first thing in the morning, This is a video of what’s happening. Thanks for your help so far John, it’s very much appreciated.

I've just fitted the replacement shower that I've been sent and while there is some cold water coming out now it's not constant and ebbs and flows. It almost feels like there's not enough pressure to keep the shower supplied? Could that be right? I've replaced a non-thermostatic Mira Event XS...

The pipes are solid copper right into the shower and the previous one was the same model, and the cold worked OK then. I'm sure the pipes are not the other way round. My replacement for the replacement should be here tomorrow, lets see how that goes.

I’m going to return my current unit. What’s the difference between thermostatic and non thermostatic? It looks like the previous model was non-thermostatic and the replacement IS thermostatic… could that be causing the issue?

Yeah, I removed the shower head and tried but still the same result. I’m just going to replace it and try again.

I’ve loosened the bung at the bottom of the shower and cold water comes out so I don’t think it’s air locked. Also, the motor has started to whistle a bit, I don’t want to damage it running it too much with no load.

No, or at least if there is, I didn't switch it off, I had to turn the water off at the mains. We do have a cold water header though I don't think it drained, after I'd shut off the main valve the cold water stopped all over the house.

I recently swapped out an old Mira Event XS shower, with a new one of the same model, I had to drain the hot water cylinder because I couldn’t work out which tap turned off the feed and 2 of them were seized. After fitting the new shower, hot water works fine but there’s no cold coming out...

Yeah, that’s what I’m going to do, Wickes had a good deal on that Triton but it’s not that good if it’s not suitable so I’ll just take it back. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Am I right that Wickes don't do power showers, just electric ones, or do they call them something else? They don't appear to sell the current Mira Event models, or anything called a power shower.

We've has a Mira Event XS shower for a good few years now and it stopped working this morning while my wife was taking a shower. Can they be replaced with a Triton EasyFit T80 Thermo Electric show like this one from Wickes...