Triton Shower stabiliser valve - can I replace it myself? Advice wanted

sallymander

Hi All,

This is my first foray over to this side of the board (never started a thread before and am usually found in Debt Free wannabe) so please bear with me.

I have a Triton Alicante 10.5kW shower, which has started leaking cold water out of the bottom when its running. I've had a look and its not the pressure release device but the Stabiliser Value assembly thats leaking. Ive had a look on the triton website and I can buy a new part for roughly £30.

Im after advice as to how easily or not it is to replace the stabiliser valve. I have DIY experience, am very good at taking things apart and putting them back together and like to think that I have the all important 'common sense' but I have no plumbing experience. Im willing to have a go myself but didn't want to start it and get half way through to then realise that Id need a plumber and have to do without the shower for a few days!

Any advice, professional or experiential, is welcome.

Thanks for reading

Sally x

ormus

changing those valves is not a difficult job. but very fiddly.
they dont give you much room in there.

sallymander

Thanks Ormus, as long as no plumbing knowledge is involved I should be ok then!

ormus

common sense goes a long way.

ps
id be considering changing the whole shower. ie spare part cost 30 quid or new shower 60/80 quid?

ronaldmacdonald

ormus wrote: »

common sense goes a long way.
ps
id be considering changing the whole shower. ie spare part cost 30 quid or new shower 60/80 quid?

I like the moneysaving style spend over a 100% more lol

amcluesent

You won't be doing the tricky bits of plumbing (blowlamp etc) so I'd say give it a go, so long as you're very certain how to electrically isolate the unit and there are convenient isolating valves for the water input(s)

sallymander

Thanks for all the advice, I was thinking about replacing the shower, but the plan is to completely re-do the bathroom in 2-3yrs time and I didn't want to buy one and pay for it to be fitted now to end up replacing it with my dream shower then, if I can just get this one to last a bit longer. I appreciate that if I mess it up I will propbably end up getting a new one and paying a plumber to fit it, but I thought Id try the money saving option first.

Thanks again, sally

ormus

ronaldmacdonald wrote: »

I like the moneysaving style spend over a 100% more lol

nope. just some common sense. spend 30 quid now, and no guarantee of success, and with no warranty.
then another fault develops with a year?

plus all the time taken. to get the part and do the job.
esp if paying someone.

IMHO far easier to get a new shower. and itll be quicker to install than farting about with internal valves etc...

its your choice.

Nintey

I have to disagree with the above, I am a woman and I found this so simple to fix!

I only had to remove one part (the darkish big green part on the left) which had three screws, simply undo these and this will allow you to move it one side, giving you room to take the old Stabiliser Valve out and fit in the new one. This is the part needed - http://www.showerdoc.com/shower-spares/triton/trito-p07810800-triton-stabiliser-valve-assembly-%287-5-8-5-9-5kw%29-p07810800

Simples!