Plumbing

Messed up hot and cold water supply to bathroom mixer tap!

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.38 PM

For over 2 years I have had problems with my uneven water supply to my bath taps (all other taps appear to have a kind of decent flow). I had a Refurbishment done to my bathroom 15 months ago, in which they put a mixer tap with showerhead attachment. Now, when the taps are both turned on fully to fill the bath with water, the water comes out almost cold, and with not much pressure which takes longer than it should to gain not even half a bath. But if I use the showerhead, when both taps are on full the water comes out scalding hot. If I turn the hot tap off completely then it takes a few minutes for the water to turn cold. If I put the hot tap on barely a tiny bit from off, the water comes out scalding hot. I have had to turn the maximum hot water temp down to 40 celcius to avoid my children being scalded. Correct me if I am wrong, but I’m sure it is pretty obvious that this is NOT how this should be? I have 2 children – a 7 year old and a 2 year old, and bath time is a rather dragged out process because of this stupidity with the water. I live in a 1st floor maisonette so the bathroom is technically on the 3rd floor. when I moved into the property almost 4 years ago (council housing), there was a hot water tank in the kitchen cupboard.... running a full bath was finished in a couple of minutes and was fantastic! then a combi boiler was put in..... cue the longer waiting time for 1/2 a bath! Now, i have to run the hot tap on its own, then top up with cold water. And thats about 10 minutes plus for half a bath. As of this morning, I have been booked in to have a plumber come and fit Thermostatic Mixer valve. I have a rough understanding of how this will fix the too hot/too cold showerhead/tap issue, but I am wondering if this would possibly increase the water pressure? I would love to be able to use it as an actual shower! Any information and advice would be really helpful!

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depending on the pressure and flow rate of your water main the plumber should test to see if it complies with minimum standards before swapping a system over to a combi.. and also make the client aware of the pros and cons.for example *uneven hot and cold water supply* they might be able to put flow regulator ball valves on both the hot and cold that supply the bath to achieve equal flow rates.. i personally dont like combis because of the limited flow rate they provide.. with tank fed systems at least if the pressure is bad you can put a *pump on the system and carry on* regards to the new mixer valve you plan to fit.. make sure its suitable for combis and you should get a half decent shower out of it...

Answered31 May 2018

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