So we've renovated our bathroom and have had installed the below (or very similar) 3 way diverter value from Crosswater. One lever controls the overhead shower, the middle one the temp and the last one pivots both ways, one for the bath filler and one for the shower wand.
Unfortunately after about 2 minutes of operation, particularly of the bath filler, the flow drops away completely and the valve starts producing a horrible chugging or wheezing noise. Even before the main issue the flow is pretty minimal and would take some time to fill the bath.
http://www.rsfbathrooms.co.uk/onlin...DE3000RC.htm?gclid=CLfM34GY1McCFVdAGwodiKsD0g
Interestingly this appears to only be a problem on the hot water. Shifting the temp lever to cold water immediately the noise stops and the flow pours out satisfactorily fast. Obviously this isn't useful though, since its stone cold.
Additionally, the overhead shower doesn't fully suffer the problem although I did notice the flow as a little bit "stop-start" in that every few seconds I could see a disruption to the falling water for an instant. I took the shower head off so just the bare pipe was open and immediately the chugging and minimal flow issues occurred again, I assume because the bare pipe could allow more water out than the shower head.
The bathroom is located on the 1st floor of a 3 story house. The kitchen (ground floor) and 2nd floor bathroom (ie above this one, with shower and basin) don't suffer these problems. The kitchen sink fills a 1.5 ltr jug of too-hot-to-comfortably-touch water in 8 seconds from completely off while the basin in the same bathroom as the problem diverter value does the same in 10 seconds.
At the moment I've been trying to use the overhead shower to fill the bath, although this takes so long I end up lunging up buckets of hot water from the kitchen so my heavily pregnant wife can have a bath and convince our overdue child to come out (different plumbing problem!). After she is out I'm actually going to time filling the bath with the cold water. Will update with the results.
Any help would be appreciated as the original plumber went on holiday and although we have hear he is back he seems to be ignoring our messages!
Unfortunately after about 2 minutes of operation, particularly of the bath filler, the flow drops away completely and the valve starts producing a horrible chugging or wheezing noise. Even before the main issue the flow is pretty minimal and would take some time to fill the bath.
http://www.rsfbathrooms.co.uk/onlin...DE3000RC.htm?gclid=CLfM34GY1McCFVdAGwodiKsD0g
Interestingly this appears to only be a problem on the hot water. Shifting the temp lever to cold water immediately the noise stops and the flow pours out satisfactorily fast. Obviously this isn't useful though, since its stone cold.
Additionally, the overhead shower doesn't fully suffer the problem although I did notice the flow as a little bit "stop-start" in that every few seconds I could see a disruption to the falling water for an instant. I took the shower head off so just the bare pipe was open and immediately the chugging and minimal flow issues occurred again, I assume because the bare pipe could allow more water out than the shower head.
The bathroom is located on the 1st floor of a 3 story house. The kitchen (ground floor) and 2nd floor bathroom (ie above this one, with shower and basin) don't suffer these problems. The kitchen sink fills a 1.5 ltr jug of too-hot-to-comfortably-touch water in 8 seconds from completely off while the basin in the same bathroom as the problem diverter value does the same in 10 seconds.
At the moment I've been trying to use the overhead shower to fill the bath, although this takes so long I end up lunging up buckets of hot water from the kitchen so my heavily pregnant wife can have a bath and convince our overdue child to come out (different plumbing problem!). After she is out I'm actually going to time filling the bath with the cold water. Will update with the results.
Any help would be appreciated as the original plumber went on holiday and although we have hear he is back he seems to be ignoring our messages!
