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Hi
I've a Worcester Greenflow 440 combi that was in the house I live in before we moved in (so by my reckoning could be 7 to 10 years old). We've just had it serviced under a annual contract from British Gas and there were no problems reported.
The problem I have is that the water from the taps gets scalding hot but the water from the shower while it starts hot soon becomes look warm.
I've been having problems with the temperature in my shower for a couple of years (again probably 7 to 10 years old) and so have just replaced the cartridge. Now while this has helped in that the shower seems to stay warm a little longer and the temperature regulator now seems to actually allow the temperature to be made hotter or colder the fact remains that the water temperature ends up lookwarm.
I did a little test and found that the temp of the water coming out of the taps is also lookwarm once the shower temp drops off.
All this leads me to think that although I think my shower cartridge was shot and needed replacing there may actually also be an issue with the boiler.
Can anyone suggest what it might be and whether there is any chance I could sort this myself or whether British Gas should have picked this up during their service last week?
Many thanks
Mark
I've a Worcester Greenflow 440 combi that was in the house I live in before we moved in (so by my reckoning could be 7 to 10 years old). We've just had it serviced under a annual contract from British Gas and there were no problems reported.
The problem I have is that the water from the taps gets scalding hot but the water from the shower while it starts hot soon becomes look warm.
I've been having problems with the temperature in my shower for a couple of years (again probably 7 to 10 years old) and so have just replaced the cartridge. Now while this has helped in that the shower seems to stay warm a little longer and the temperature regulator now seems to actually allow the temperature to be made hotter or colder the fact remains that the water temperature ends up lookwarm.
I did a little test and found that the temp of the water coming out of the taps is also lookwarm once the shower temp drops off.
All this leads me to think that although I think my shower cartridge was shot and needed replacing there may actually also be an issue with the boiler.
Can anyone suggest what it might be and whether there is any chance I could sort this myself or whether British Gas should have picked this up during their service last week?
Many thanks
Mark