Good evening all,
I have a Bristan Pisa shower that's been dripping from the handle for some time, so I've tried to be proactive and fix it myself. The cartridge it takes is a CART 06732COMPL, and so I thought it may be a seal as I found seal kit SK00400185.
The cartridge only had 3 out of 4 seals, but the instructions did state that the 4th may not be present and that's ok.
I've replaced the seals in exactly the same orientation, and I've lubed with silicone grease, but it still leaks. Without the handles it still leaks like a banshee! Pics:
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So my question, is from your experience, have I done something wrong? I believe it's leaking worse than before I started which is frustrating.
I am confident I have screwed and clipped everything into it's correct place. Could this be a faulty cartridge? Or maybe a defective CD valve?
Any help would be very gladly accepted! I don't want to pay £90 for a cartridge in case it's something else, or a cheaper part.
Finally, is this kind of shower a standard size (I am wondering if it's cheaper to replace the whole shower) as in the pipes are standard spacing and size? Worse case I will replace the shower as this may be a better alternate to paying £90 for just a new cart?
It seems criminally expensive for what it is, but c'est la vie!
My final thought is when I put the cartridge back into the housing, can it go in any way I want, or is there a specific "up" way, and by failing to do this cause it to leak?
links:
Cartridge maintenance:
http://www.bristan.com/WebRoot/BristanNewDB/Shops/Bristan/Products/INSTRUC. PDF-1081536-1-D1-1.PDF
Seal kit:
http://www.bristan.com/epages/Bristan.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Bristan/Products/"SK 00400185"
I have a Bristan Pisa shower that's been dripping from the handle for some time, so I've tried to be proactive and fix it myself. The cartridge it takes is a CART 06732COMPL, and so I thought it may be a seal as I found seal kit SK00400185.
The cartridge only had 3 out of 4 seals, but the instructions did state that the 4th may not be present and that's ok.
I've replaced the seals in exactly the same orientation, and I've lubed with silicone grease, but it still leaks. Without the handles it still leaks like a banshee! Pics:
View media item 78595 View media item 78596
So my question, is from your experience, have I done something wrong? I believe it's leaking worse than before I started which is frustrating.
I am confident I have screwed and clipped everything into it's correct place. Could this be a faulty cartridge? Or maybe a defective CD valve?
Any help would be very gladly accepted! I don't want to pay £90 for a cartridge in case it's something else, or a cheaper part.
Finally, is this kind of shower a standard size (I am wondering if it's cheaper to replace the whole shower) as in the pipes are standard spacing and size? Worse case I will replace the shower as this may be a better alternate to paying £90 for just a new cart?
It seems criminally expensive for what it is, but c'est la vie!
My final thought is when I put the cartridge back into the housing, can it go in any way I want, or is there a specific "up" way, and by failing to do this cause it to leak?
links:
Cartridge maintenance:
http://www.bristan.com/WebRoot/BristanNewDB/Shops/Bristan/Products/INSTRUC. PDF-1081536-1-D1-1.PDF
Seal kit:
http://www.bristan.com/epages/Bristan.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Bristan/Products/"SK 00400185"