I've just redone my bathroom, i've replaced the bath, sinks and electric shower with new and done away with the electric for a mains fed shower.....and now i can't get hot water out of any tap in the house unless i have a certain tap turned on full at the same time otherwise the water will only get warm! what have i done wrong!?
Water only hot if i turn on another tap!
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Have you got a combi? Perhaps youve not turned the stopcock open enough so the boilers not recognising the flow. just a thought.
What taps have been replaced 
It could be that not enough water is flowing through the boiler to trigger it to fire up.
Assuming combi boiler.
It could be that not enough water is flowing through the boiler to trigger it to fire up.Assuming combi boiler.
yes its a combi boiler. if i have the bath tap on full (which runs cold) all the other taps in the house work fine with good hot water.
is it a bath/shower mixer you have fitted, make?
the shower is a walk in one and the bath stand alone both have a mixer.
they are Amber Helix Concealed thermostatic sequential shower valve
they are Amber Helix Concealed thermostatic sequential shower valve
Turn off isolation valves to bath mixer and try combi, if it now works you need to fit non-return valves in hot & cold supplies to mixer.
thanks i'll try it tomorrow and let you know how i get on!
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