Hi All,
For the past couple of years we've lived with a Wickes Thermostatic Mixer Shower, which to be honest was a complete waste of time as the pressure was so poor.
We finally decided to get a pump added to the system to boost the pressure. So yesterday a friend came round and installed the pump for us.
As the shower head was pretty poor we took it off to test the pump... all worked fantastic - the pressure was brilliant, heat was perfect and the mixer seemed completely fine.
However, when we re-attached the shower head the problems started... the shower just wouldn't get hot... my friend suggested that the increased pressure caused by the shower head was causing a problem for the thermostatic mixer valve, which was causing it shut off the hot flow. He suggested we try a bigger shower head which would allow more flow - which we did - but this didn't improve anything.
He now thinks we're going to need to replace the mixer unit with a non-thermostatic one.
Can anyone provide any advice on whether this is correct, or if there's anything I can do with the existing set-up to improve things?
Many Thanks.... James
For the past couple of years we've lived with a Wickes Thermostatic Mixer Shower, which to be honest was a complete waste of time as the pressure was so poor.
We finally decided to get a pump added to the system to boost the pressure. So yesterday a friend came round and installed the pump for us.
As the shower head was pretty poor we took it off to test the pump... all worked fantastic - the pressure was brilliant, heat was perfect and the mixer seemed completely fine.
However, when we re-attached the shower head the problems started... the shower just wouldn't get hot... my friend suggested that the increased pressure caused by the shower head was causing a problem for the thermostatic mixer valve, which was causing it shut off the hot flow. He suggested we try a bigger shower head which would allow more flow - which we did - but this didn't improve anything.
He now thinks we're going to need to replace the mixer unit with a non-thermostatic one.
Can anyone provide any advice on whether this is correct, or if there's anything I can do with the existing set-up to improve things?
Many Thanks.... James