Hi everyone,
Got a very old Mira 8 mixer shower which does not deliver a drop of hot water. Cold water is fine, but setting it to hot effectively turns it off. Hot water in the house is also fine – got hot water at every tap in the house including at the bathroom sink next to it.
I’m thinking the cartridge needs some attention or replacing. Tried undoing the nut on the front to open it up, but it wouldn’t budge – in fact the feed elbows want to shift around with it, and that’s the moment when the towel was thrown in, not wanting to risk a leak within the wall.
Probably some heat would help shift it, but I’m thinking that’s going to knacker the seals?
What I would like to do is undo the feed pipes either side, remove the whole thing from the wall, and put it in a vice, or anything to grip it, to open it up. Is that possible? It should be OK to undo the compression nuts either side because the force is applied on a different axis, so it shouldn’t move the pipework in the same potentially risky direction.
Feedback would be very much appreciated.
Here is a diagram of the valve in question: http://cdnnet.showerdoc.com/images/products/mira_8.jpg
Got a very old Mira 8 mixer shower which does not deliver a drop of hot water. Cold water is fine, but setting it to hot effectively turns it off. Hot water in the house is also fine – got hot water at every tap in the house including at the bathroom sink next to it.
I’m thinking the cartridge needs some attention or replacing. Tried undoing the nut on the front to open it up, but it wouldn’t budge – in fact the feed elbows want to shift around with it, and that’s the moment when the towel was thrown in, not wanting to risk a leak within the wall.
Probably some heat would help shift it, but I’m thinking that’s going to knacker the seals?
What I would like to do is undo the feed pipes either side, remove the whole thing from the wall, and put it in a vice, or anything to grip it, to open it up. Is that possible? It should be OK to undo the compression nuts either side because the force is applied on a different axis, so it shouldn’t move the pipework in the same potentially risky direction.
Feedback would be very much appreciated.
Here is a diagram of the valve in question: http://cdnnet.showerdoc.com/images/products/mira_8.jpg