I've just bought a Pura shower valve like the one shown here, but I'm now having second thoughts about fitting it. It seems to be poorly designed and leave a leak path through into the wall.
The pictures below sum up the problem better.
There is a simple metal to metal joint for part of the knob assembly that doesn't have a seal to the wall plate. The wall plate itself is meant to be sealed/stuck with silicon onto the tiles, but the outer collar sits 'loose' and unsealed in the wall plate. I took this up with the manufacturer today and he confirmed that I wasn't missing any parts and that they had never had any problems. What is strange is that the design includes an O ring between the inner and outer collar, but this is pointless if the other joint is not sealed. There is also what looks like a circlip groove in the collar to hold it in the wall plate, but no circlips provided.
Are all these types of valves as poorly designed as this or are there any better designs? I'd rather return this one and get a better design.
The pictures below sum up the problem better.
There is a simple metal to metal joint for part of the knob assembly that doesn't have a seal to the wall plate. The wall plate itself is meant to be sealed/stuck with silicon onto the tiles, but the outer collar sits 'loose' and unsealed in the wall plate. I took this up with the manufacturer today and he confirmed that I wasn't missing any parts and that they had never had any problems. What is strange is that the design includes an O ring between the inner and outer collar, but this is pointless if the other joint is not sealed. There is also what looks like a circlip groove in the collar to hold it in the wall plate, but no circlips provided.
Are all these types of valves as poorly designed as this or are there any better designs? I'd rather return this one and get a better design.
