Shower probs - advice please!

[siriusb]

I have just had a new bathroom fitted and I will be asking my plumber but as it's the weekend I can't get hold of him sooooo can anyone here offer me any tips regarding my shower...

... basically its a exposed thermostatic rigid riser shower (made by bristan) but there is no way of controlling the flow sooo when i turn it on the cold water pressure seems much stronger than the hot water pressure resulting in a cold shower and a tray that fills up in a matter of about 15 - 20 seconds.

The cold water pressure is much higher with the bath taps too but as they are seperate there isnt the same problem of a cold bath!

Can the cold water pressure be reduced effectively or is that no possible... I really would welcome any input on this problem.

Many thanks,

Heidi

 

[seco services]

have you a pic of this shower or model number ?

sounds like you have the cold on mains and hot on gravity.
would work better on balanced pressures.
you can fit apressure reducing valve to the cold pipework, but would still work better run from the cws tank in loft.

 

[Bambergaspipe]

Can the cold water pressure be reduced effectively or is that no possible... I really would welcome any input on this problem.

Many thanks,

Heidi

Fit a water tank in your loft and take a cold feed from this to your shower this will balance out the hot/cold pressures.

 

[siriusb]

thanks for the ideas,

unfortunately the hot water is coming off a combi boiler and i don't really want to put a tank in the loft.

What is the device that can be fitted to reduce the cold water pressure in my bathroom (it's an upstairs bathroom so can it be fitted to the main cold supply heading upstairs?)

Maybe I should get a new shower - one that you can just adjust the flow on...