Replacing a ceramic cartridge on a manual shower?

nobile

Got a slight drip on a mixer shower just below the lever/handle. It's a Marflow Consort C72

http://www.bodleeds.co.uk/marflow-consort-c72-exposed-or-built-in-manual-shower-valve-10323-p.asp

I can take the cap off to see that there is a slight leak from the cartridge.

How much should something like this cost to get replaced by a plumber? Thanks

jayyar66

Your best bet is to try The Shower Doctor (google them). I've used them a lot and will happily recommend them. However, your shower seems to be quite an obscure make so I wouldn't hold out too much hope of getting a replacement cartridge unless it's used in other makes of showers.
As for likely replacement costs . . . Assuming no problems, then it's a job that can usually be done in less than an hour. :-)

jayyar66

As an afterthought . . . . A replacement cartridge is usually the best part of £80 - £100 anyway, so why not just buy another complete shower & swap the cartridge? :-)

nobile

jayyar66 wrote: »

As an afterthought . . . . A replacement cartridge is usually the best part of £80 - £100 anyway, so why not just buy another complete shower & swap the cartridge? :-)

I'm not a DIY person so I'd still have to pay for labour in addition to buying a new shower.

Perhaps it makes sense to replace the whole unit? So I wonder how much that would cost?

nobile

It's not a concealed unit - it's exposed like this (if that helps anyone determine labour):-

Bottom image

http://www.marflow-now.co.uk/product/manual-shower-valve-concealed-or-exposed-c72/

jayyar66

Unless you have serious trouble isolating the hot/cold water to it, then it shouldn't take any longer than swapping the cartridge, about an hour. HTH :-)