Thermstatic controlled shower gone cold

Norman_Castle

calleyw wrote: »

I can't see where any isolation valves would be. As it goes straight in the wall. The toilet and sink that were fitted at the same time do have the valves.

Trace the shower pipework to where it meets other pipes. If the sink and toilet have them its highly likely the shower will.
Its likely your stop tap is fine, it just needs a bit more persuasion. Have you got an external stop tap?

calleyw

neilmcl wrote: »

Spray a little WD40 down the spindle where the gland nut is, this may free it up a bit.

One of the first things I tried. I am the practical one in the house.


It has been done a few times over a week and hardly moved. I would not pay someone to do something if I can do it myself. Will get my partner to try again as he has the muscle.


Yours


Calley x

calleyw

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Trace the shower pipework to where it meets other pipes. If the sink and toilet have them its highly likely the shower will.
Its likely your stop tap is fine, it just needs a bit more persuasion. Have you got an external stop tap?

To be truthful I have no idea where the pipes go for the shower. So tracing them in impossible.


I have already used wd40 and my partner who has the muscles and we can't see to get it moving.As I would rather do as much as I can myself rather than pay people. But will try again today. No idea about an external stop tap. I assume there is one as we have a meter out on the pavement outside the house.


Yours


Calley x

fezster

Don't force it too much, else you might shear it off the pipe, or at the very least, it is likely to start leaking.

Do you have a water meter? If so, you can turn the water off there, and then put a (new) second stop tap in before or after the original one.

calleyw

fezster wrote: »

Don't force it too much, else you might shear it off the pipe, or at the very least, it is likely to start leaking.

Do you have a water meter? If so, you can turn the water off there, and then put a (new) second stop tap in before or after the original one.

I know hence why I have not tapped it with a hammer or tried to force it any other way.



Yes I do have a water meter. That might allow me to fix the shower as my partner is going to work early to use the showers there and I having to scrounge the use of a shower from a friend!!!!


We have contacted 4 plumbers 2 have not even bothered to reply thanks but no thanks and one is coming out mid next week and the other next weekend. And then we will have to wait for them to fit us in. So could be another week or two before I have fixed shower!!!!


Yours


Calley x

Belenus

Try turning the temperature control knob from minimum to maximum and back again a number of times with the water flowing.

That is a long shot but worth trying.

nofoollikeold

1. You don't have to turn the water off before removing the knob.
2. If you remove the knob, and possibly any chrome plate one the wall (photograph would be useful), you may find isolation valves built into the shower mechanism.
3. There probably won't be any isolation valves for the shower, but external to it, as the pipework is hidden. No point having hidden isolation valves.
4. Don't use WD40 on plumbing fittings, it can rot rubber seals.
5. Try pouring a kettle of very hot water over it to see if the thermal shock loosens it.

calleyw

nofoollikeold wrote: »

1. You don't have to turn the water off before removing the knob.
2. If you remove the knob, and possibly any chrome plate one the wall (photograph would be useful), you may find isolation valves built into the shower mechanism.
3. There probably won't be any isolation valves for the shower, but external to it, as the pipework is hidden. No point having hidden isolation valves.
4. Don't use WD40 on plumbing fittings, it can rot rubber seals.
5. Try pouring a kettle of very hot water over it to see if the thermal shock loosens it.

1) may be not but I would prefer belt and braces as I am novice dIY'er and everyone else has said to on this thread so far


2)Its just a chrome rear fed bar diverter thermostatic shower. Its over 13 years old and a brand called ocean. Had a google and can't find nothing really


3)I know where the cold and hot feeds are as they come out of the kitchen and up the wall to the bathroom. The sink sits on a cabinet. When I look in side I can two pipes for taps, hot and cold and they have isolators on them. I can only assume the shower feeds in lower than the access I have in the cabinet if at all.

4)I only used it on the stop tap and nothing else. And as its already !!!!!!ed and I have plumbers coming soon not sure it can do any more harm.


5)over what? the shower or the stop tap?

Yours

Calley x