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water temp problem in shower

steevs28 Posts: 31 Forumite

28 February 2012 at 11:34AM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving

Hello all

Hope somebody can help, I have a problem with my electric shower.

I live in a 2 year old apartment which has a bristan artisan shower in my main bathroom, I also have the exact same shower in my ensuite.

I noticed over time my water temp decreasing to the point that I have to have it on the highest temp on 45 degrees and even then its only barely warm.

The shower in my ensuite however is fine so I ruled out a problem with my plumbing, I called Bristan who sent me a replacement thermostatic cartridge but having changed this last night although the water feels a little hotter it still isnt where it should be.

Any ideas what else I can try before I go the route of calling in a plumber?

Im a bit puzzled that the exact same shower in my ensuite is working fine.

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jimbo_the_jetset Posts: 673 Forumite

28 February 2012 at 12:39PM

Might find some useful advice here

http://www.showerdoc.co.uk/forum/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=25&sid=d66b4d334e5cb4a967cd959f2dd79630

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zax47 Posts: 1,263 Forumite

28 February 2012 at 1:15PM

Erm, Bristan Artisan isn't an electric shower! It's a thermostatic mixer running off the hot & cold supplies. If the cartridge replacement hasn't worked then theres not much else to go wrong with it....

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abankerbutnotafatcat Posts: 1,161 Forumite

28 February 2012 at 4:22PM edited 28 February 2012 at 4:28PM

Have you got a combi boiler? Does the water from the tap (and you need to test it for several minutes in the way as if you were showering) get hot?

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