Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.

Fixed price at £189 and they fitted £400 worth of parts (at shower
doctors prices).
The only thing original is the casting and the trim.

I think I can recommend Mira for service.

dennis@home wrote:

Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.

Mine's probably only 18'ish Y/O, it had to have a new cartridge after
about 3 years, which at the time made me worry it'd need one every 3
years, but it's been fine since.

Fixed price at £189 and they fitted £400 worth of parts (at shower
doctors prices).
The only thing original is the casting and the trim.

I think I can recommend Mira for service.

Worth remembering.

On Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:14:40 PM UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
dennis@home wrote:



Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.



Mine's probably only 18'ish Y/O, it had to have a new cartridge after

about 3 years, which at the time made me worry it'd need one every 3

years, but it's been fine since.



Fixed price at £189 and they fitted £400 worth of parts (at shower

doctors prices).

The only thing original is the casting and the trim.



I think I can recommend Mira for service.



Worth remembering.

I bought a new one on the Internet a few years ago and they kept trying to persuade me to pay for a maintenance contract that cost as much as I paid for the shower.

Jonathan

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 02:08:23 -0700 (PDT), Jonathan
wrote:


I bought a new one on the Internet a few years ago and they kept trying to persuade me to pay for a maintenance contract that cost as much as I paid for the shower.

The lad couldn't understand what I was getting at when I said I was
better off without the contract. (On the basis that if I did have a
problem it wouldn't cost much to replace the shower. That was around
10 years ago.)

Peter Johnson wrote:

The lad couldn't understand what I was getting at when I said I was
better off without the contract. (On the basis that if I did have a
problem it wouldn't cost much to replace the shower. That was around
10 years ago.)

Just looked and the book price for mine (Excel built-in) is now £636

Peter Johnson wrote:

The lad couldn't understand what I was getting at when I said I was
better off without the contract. (On the basis that if I did have a
problem it wouldn't cost much to replace the shower. That was around
10 years ago.)

I have had a number of folk quite unable to understand the
concept that, for a risk you could handle if necessary, if the
insurance company can make enough profit to stay in business,
then you are, on average, better off saving the money.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.

Mine's probably only 18'ish Y/O, it had to have a new cartridge after
about 3 years, which at the time made me worry it'd need one every 3
years, but it's been fine since.

I've had two in about 25 years - and it's needing replacing again.

The rest of it is a bit tatty - might be worth paying for that service.

--
*With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.*

Dave Plowman London SW
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On 04/10/2013 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.

Mine's probably only 18'ish Y/O, it had to have a new cartridge after
about 3 years, which at the time made me worry it'd need one every 3
years, but it's been fine since.

I've had two in about 25 years - and it's needing replacing again.

The rest of it is a bit tatty - might be worth paying for that service.


You may well pay less, mine was the most expensive they did when I
fitted it and the service price reflects it.
The cheaper ones start at £119.


I had the expensive one because it could maintain the temperature to 1
degree and I used it to run a water bath in my darkroom.

In article om,
dennis@home wrote:
On 04/10/2013 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced.

Mine's probably only 18'ish Y/O, it had to have a new cartridge after
about 3 years, which at the time made me worry it'd need one every 3
years, but it's been fine since.

I've had two in about 25 years - and it's needing replacing again.

The rest of it is a bit tatty - might be worth paying for that service.


You may well pay less, mine was the most expensive they did when I
fitted it and the service price reflects it.
The cheaper ones start at £119.


I had the expensive one because it could maintain the temperature to 1
degree and I used it to run a water bath in my darkroom.

Right. Mine is the rather old low pressure type with 22mm feeds.

--
*America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric.

Dave Plowman London SW
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