Water pressure reducing valve ...

[MimiJane]

Hi all,

We had a new bathroom fitted a few months ago, including a new electric shower. When the shower is turned on to the hot setting, it makes a loud squeaky sound, which you can eventually get rid of by turning it to a colder setting (annoying to say the least!). We're also getting a loud "clunk" whenever we use a cold tap/washer is on, etc. ... this has been a slight problem since we moved into the house a couple of years ago, but is much worse since our new bathroom was fitted. We've tried turning the water pressure down, which has slightly reduced the clunking noise, but it's still pretty loud.

We've been told that, if the noise from our shower goes when the cold water tap is turned on, it's likely we need a pressure reducing valve. This is the case and so my question is .... can anyone give me some idea of how much it would cost for a plumber to come out to us to do this? Also, is it likely that, should we have a valve fitted, this would solve, not only the problem of the squeaky shower, but also the loud noises from the cold taps?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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[Nige F]

valve is around £25.00+vat----- rates vary but try a search in the Find an expert section of Diynot

 

[MimiJane]

Many thanks. We're actually more interested in getting someone to fit one for us and I was wondering if this would be very expensive?

Also, does anyone know if fitting one of these could put both our problems right? (i.e. squeaking shower/clunking noise from cold taps)

Cheers