Hudson Reed sealing screw leak

[cbasson]

Hello,

Looking for some advice please.

Had my bathroom revamped by a builder nearly 2 months ago and had a Hudson Reed Twin Concealed Thermostatic Shower Valve (A3099C) installed upstairs. Had the downstairs toilet redocrated at the same time. Wallpapered.

This morning, 7 weeks later, and water is dripping through to the downstairs toilet through the ceiling ruining the new wallpaper...

Pulled the front plate of the concealed shower unit and water was leaking from one of the valves past the sealing screw.

See photo below:

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• cbasson
• 30 Nov 2013
• 1

Now given the time and the flow of the leak, it seems more likely that the leak started in the past couple of weeks rather than at the point of installation.

So given the cost of repairing the damage is this just unfortunate and I need to wear the cost myself or is there a weak link somewhere?

Thanks..

 

[newbuildinstaller]

id be ringing the shower manu rep up and saying come look at this....

BUT

Check your system pressure is within limits of the shower though. I went to an aqaulisa elec shower that had burst as the mains pressure at night reached over 12bar (max pressure for shower was 10) aqualisa very kindly still fixed it and said get a PRV

 

[cbasson]

Ok, so you think the issue is with the shower valve rather than the installation?

Given the cost of repair could be c. £500 (might have to replace all the wallpaper), im guessing the best ill get from the manufacturer is a new screw?

 

[cbasson]

Also is this a common problem? Should I be wary of just replacing the screw in case it happens again?

 

[john49683]

I know this is ancient but my top insulator screw also jist started leaking after I had to screw it in to change the mixer cartridge.
Any way of just replacing the little screw or potentially the o ring or something?
The completed part seems to be discontinued by Ultra
Or is there a trick of certain amount of force to screw the main brass fitting and the screw in or out?
Thanks all