I live in an apartment and I'm having problems with the shower. The problem started when we had low system pressure in the entire block. This returned within a few hours and each tap/source we'd used needed to be run to clear the air from the system.
However, the mixer shower has not fully recovered. If I leave the shower off for a long time, there is something approaching system pressure when I initially turn the shower on, but this soon drops to just a trickle.
I presume there is an air blockage somewhere in the system but I don't know how to solve this problem. No other taps in the flat are now affected and the hot/cold water mix of the shower is fine, just the overall flow rate drops to nearly nothing within about 5mins of use (best-case).
Any suggestions?
The mixer-shower is built into the shower cubicle. It has a MIRA head and temp/flow control valve but no easy access to it.
There is good access to the boiler (Classic Tribune) and flow circulator (Grundfos Super-selectric) and Y-style valve (Lardis and Gyr) if this will help, but I fear the problem is unique to the plumbing at the shower and none of these. The central heating works fine and all rads are fully bled etc. and hot/cold water is available at all other taps with full system pressure.
Please help! Many thanks
Tom
However, the mixer shower has not fully recovered. If I leave the shower off for a long time, there is something approaching system pressure when I initially turn the shower on, but this soon drops to just a trickle.
I presume there is an air blockage somewhere in the system but I don't know how to solve this problem. No other taps in the flat are now affected and the hot/cold water mix of the shower is fine, just the overall flow rate drops to nearly nothing within about 5mins of use (best-case).
Any suggestions?
The mixer-shower is built into the shower cubicle. It has a MIRA head and temp/flow control valve but no easy access to it.
There is good access to the boiler (Classic Tribune) and flow circulator (Grundfos Super-selectric) and Y-style valve (Lardis and Gyr) if this will help, but I fear the problem is unique to the plumbing at the shower and none of these. The central heating works fine and all rads are fully bled etc. and hot/cold water is available at all other taps with full system pressure.
Please help! Many thanks
Tom