Shower Water Mix

[TonyTony]

Hi,

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm a bit new to this!

I've got a shower running off the central hot and cold water systems. My problem is that it is very difficult to control the flow of cold water in the mix (the hot water is always full on, as altering this has no effect). It is either too hot or too cold, and I can spend several frustrating minutes trying to get the balance right.

Is there an easy solution to this? I was thinking that I really need to restrict the flow of cold water somehow (without effecting all the other taps), or should I be looking to increase the hot water?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

 

[masona]

Sound like your cold feed is coming from the cold mains feed which will have a higher pressure than your hot water.Hot & Cold feed for shower should come from your cold water storage tank for equal pressure , if you don't want to altered the pipe work then you can fit a pressure reducing valve.See this.