I have two houses. I installed an electric shower in one, and it drips.
After many fixesx, cleaning out vaules etc,
I guessed it might be a preasure problem, we are quite a distance below the road.
Hey presto, it does not drip connected up in the 2nd house.
Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?

Rick Dipper wrote:

I have two houses. I installed an electric shower in one, and it drips.
After many fixesx, cleaning out vaules etc,
I guessed it might be a preasure problem, we are quite a distance below the road.
Hey presto, it does not drip connected up in the 2nd house.
Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?

A proper plumbers merchant will stock these. I last bought one about 8 years ago and
seem to recall it was about £20 then.

Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?
Not an especially cheap part but, BES do them online at

http://www.bes.ltd.uk/products/n106.asp
15mm £16.59 + V
22mm £17.70 + V
... and you get a gauge to play with as well.

Toby.

"Rick Dipper" wrote in message
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I have two houses. I installed an electric shower in one, and it drips.
After many fixesx, cleaning out vaules etc,
I guessed it might be a preasure problem, we are quite a distance below
the road.
Hey presto, it does not drip connected up in the 2nd house.
Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?



You can install a standard Gate Valve (not a stopcock) in the supply pipe to
regulate the flow from the mains water supply. You'll notice when
regulating the flow that you'll be able to turn the gate valve to almost
closed before you see a difference in the output from the shower head
itself.


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Sorry I don't understand.

This will in my understanding reduce the flow rate, but the problem appears to be to much preasue when the thing is switched off.
I can stop the dripping shower, by turing on the taps in the kitchen, and thus reducing preasure.

When all taps are off, enough water will flow through the gate vaule to build up the preasure ?

Thanks
Rick

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:03:16 GMT, "BigWallop" wrote:

"Rick Dipper" wrote in message
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I have two houses. I installed an electric shower in one, and it drips.
After many fixesx, cleaning out vaules etc,
I guessed it might be a preasure problem, we are quite a distance below
the road.
Hey presto, it does not drip connected up in the 2nd house.
Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?



You can install a standard Gate Valve (not a stopcock) in the supply pipe to
regulate the flow from the mains water supply. You'll notice when
regulating the flow that you'll be able to turn the gate valve to almost
closed before you see a difference in the output from the shower head
itself.


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Cool

Thanks
Rick

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:02:46 +0100, "Toby" wrote:
Is there any cheep preasure reducing vaules for mains water ?
Not an especially cheap part but, BES do them online at

http://www.bes.ltd.uk/products/n106.asp
15mm £16.59 + V
22mm £17.70 + V
... and you get a gauge to play with as well.

Toby.