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Recent instal. This morning wife reported only a dribble. Took a look (at
shower) and found that turning it to cold got us a flow (of cold) but turning it to hot reduced the flow of cold and we got no hot. Suspected a blockage but there wasn't one. Any ideas? Eventually removed the bar - took control valve off end/ Thought some sort of spool might be sticking so I gave it a good whack onto a bench. It is now working. - But will it tomorrow?? |
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On 30/11/2019 19:30, The Other John wrote:
In article 6, says... Any ideas? Do you live in a hard water area? Limescale is a possibility. Agreed. Make? I've been amazed how reliable my non-thermostatic non-bar type has been in hard Cotswold water (probably Screwfix). I believe it has ceramic disks. |
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The Other John wrote in news:MPG.384cd3d149947ef0989683
@news.aioe.org: In article 6, says... Any ideas? Do you live in a hard water area? Limescale is a possibility. Not really and it was new in Sept. |
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Perishing o ring, lime scale, other debris. Hard to say with no details of
the system. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "John" wrote in message 2.236... Recent instal. This morning wife reported only a dribble. Took a look (at shower) and found that turning it to cold got us a flow (of cold) but turning it to hot reduced the flow of cold and we got no hot. Suspected a blockage but there wasn't one. Any ideas? Eventually removed the bar - took control valve off end/ Thought some sort of spool might be sticking so I gave it a good whack onto a bench. It is now working. - But will it tomorrow?? |
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On 30/11/2019 18:08:55, John wrote:
Recent instal. This morning wife reported only a dribble. Took a look (at shower) and found that turning it to cold got us a flow (of cold) but turning it to hot reduced the flow of cold and we got no hot. Suspected a blockage but there wasn't one. Any ideas? Eventually removed the bar - took control valve off end/ Thought some sort of spool might be sticking so I gave it a good whack onto a bench. It is now working. - But will it tomorrow?? My experience is the shuttle driven by a wax-stat device gets stuck. As delivered there is some grease, presume silicone, that aids movement, but what I have noticed is a build-up of grime and loss of grease that prevents movement. I also wonder if the O-ring shrinks and hangs onto the shuttle. I got a new cartridge so I have the old as a spare that I can rebuild. On mine it comes out by undoing a hex grub screw on the under-side of the bar. Saves a full dismantle! The same happened to a combisave device I installed, where the return spring wasn't man enough to return the shuttle valve back to the cold position. |
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