rusting mira shower?

Dan-Dan

Hi

April 2014 my tradesman installed a bathroom suite , including a riser shower (MIRA)

I purposely bought that brand as i had read they were good quality

I am disappointed to see that their looks like rust coming from within the unit , see pictures attached

Is this usual after a short period of time , and if so , any ideas how to rectify , dismantle it and soak it in coke?!

I can see from underneath what looks like a little hole , that doesnt look like it has any way of using it to open but i`m hoping it takes a small allen key ?

http://imgur.com/a/2Y2cT

Any advice welcome

thanks

andyhop

Its not the shower its the installation

This shower is all brass with a brass fixing plate on the rear, grub screws are stainless and Mira provide stainless steel fixings screws . Unfortunately it looks like the installer has discarded these and replaced with plain coated steel items

Dan-Dan

andyhop wrote: »

Its not the shower its the installation

This shower is all brass with a brass fixing plate on the rear, grub screws are stainless and Mira provide stainless steel fixings screws . Unfortunately it looks like the installer has discarded these and replaced with plain coated steel items

Thanks for your reply Andy , how can you tell that the back plate , and screws are not the ones provided?

surely the shower shouldnt have brass couloured fixings when the shower is stainless steel?

i am assuming i am misunderstanding you so apologies in advance!

andyhop

The rear is sealed, its the screws - experience tells me!

The shower is chromed brass/gunmetal

Isolate the water , remove the grub screw and loosen the 2 supply compression nuts

We never use anything other than stainless screws in the wet areas

Dan-Dan

Thanks Andyhop

I have noticed that the installer has ran a ring of sealant (poorly) around the back plate , so it looks like water has got into behind the back plate and rusted the poor screws the installer has used
sound about right?


I wonder why he would have done that , i suspect he isnt going to be too forthcoming if i apporoach him after all a year and a half anyway now

never mind , thanks for your advice , much appreciated

andyhop

It shouldnt have silicone around the back plate . I sometimes put a dab of silicone over the screwheads

Take a look at the instructions online , think that's a Mira element and a PDF will be on miras website

Dan-Dan

theres 100% a ring of silicone going around the back part which is coming out the wall , i was just assuming that as it had failed , water had got inside the part itself , but you say its sealed so i wonder why the silicone is there at all!