HI All,
i have looked around on the forum and, whilst other people have had similar problems, the advice given doesn't seem to have helped when i have tried it for my issue or looks to not be the same issue.
Breakdown of what i have:
Hot and Cold water feed going into a pump then from there to a mixer shower
I refirbed our shower a year or so ago and replaced the Mira mixer with a generic 'bar' type mixer (on/off on one side, hot and cold adjustment on the other). The problem i now have is that i have to turn the hot/cold water adjustment on the mixer to fully hot in ordr to get a decent shower temperature.
With my old shower i didn't have this trouble (could it be that the old shower had a pressure regulator built in? does this sound like a pressure isse?). I have replaced the bar mixer but this did not help. If i close off the cold water supply to the pump a little using the isolator valve, this only seems to make a LITTLE difference to the temperature. looking around ive seen that some people have put a pressure regulator on the cold water but doesanyone think that will help in this case as, when I was trying a new mixer tap to see if that was the problem, i turned on the hot and cold water to see if there was a dfference and they both seemed to be coming out of the pipes at the same rate leastwise the FLOW was the same. I dont want to fork outon a PRV if i dont need one.
So im thinking, if the FLOW is equal going into the mixer, WHY does the adjustment not work if i ease off the cold on the mixer shower itself.????
It's driving me crazy!!!
i have looked around on the forum and, whilst other people have had similar problems, the advice given doesn't seem to have helped when i have tried it for my issue or looks to not be the same issue.
Breakdown of what i have:
Hot and Cold water feed going into a pump then from there to a mixer shower
I refirbed our shower a year or so ago and replaced the Mira mixer with a generic 'bar' type mixer (on/off on one side, hot and cold adjustment on the other). The problem i now have is that i have to turn the hot/cold water adjustment on the mixer to fully hot in ordr to get a decent shower temperature.
With my old shower i didn't have this trouble (could it be that the old shower had a pressure regulator built in? does this sound like a pressure isse?). I have replaced the bar mixer but this did not help. If i close off the cold water supply to the pump a little using the isolator valve, this only seems to make a LITTLE difference to the temperature. looking around ive seen that some people have put a pressure regulator on the cold water but doesanyone think that will help in this case as, when I was trying a new mixer tap to see if that was the problem, i turned on the hot and cold water to see if there was a dfference and they both seemed to be coming out of the pipes at the same rate leastwise the FLOW was the same. I dont want to fork outon a PRV if i dont need one.
So im thinking, if the FLOW is equal going into the mixer, WHY does the adjustment not work if i ease off the cold on the mixer shower itself.????
It's driving me crazy!!!
