Hi Everyone,
I recently had a new hot water cyclinder installation at a rental flat I have . The tenant tells me ever since the new hot water cylinder was installed the electric shower is acting weird. It runs purely on the cold water mains. She says she used to have it on setting 4 out of 10 but now needs it turned higher but then the temperature is going from really hot to cold to hot to cold (a sign element cutting out as on max temperature). If she lowers it slightly then its too cold. Also i noticed the dial is not lined up with the temp marker, its not going all the way to 10.
They put in a new cock stop which was ceased up at same time of boiler installation, had had the water off in the street.
I asked the boiler installer to look at it whilst he was there today putting in a new thermostat (which was faulty) and he said it was just a faulty old shower nothing to do with water pressure.
I think its too much of a coincidence this happened at the same time. I've rang Triton showers for advice. They think the new boiler installation has flushed through debris and blocked the filters. So I rang the boiler installation company to have a chat, they think since the new cock stop was installed this has increased the water flow which is why the shower is too cold now on setting 4.
I'm inclined to agree with the boiler installation company as makes most sense. What I can't understand is why the dial is misaligned. I'm going to take off the cover to the shower and see if I can realign it. It may have been over turned by the tenant causing it to snap inside or something or perhaps the change in water flow is messing up the dial units?
Just wondering if anyone has had this sort of thing happen before?
I recently had a new hot water cyclinder installation at a rental flat I have . The tenant tells me ever since the new hot water cylinder was installed the electric shower is acting weird. It runs purely on the cold water mains. She says she used to have it on setting 4 out of 10 but now needs it turned higher but then the temperature is going from really hot to cold to hot to cold (a sign element cutting out as on max temperature). If she lowers it slightly then its too cold. Also i noticed the dial is not lined up with the temp marker, its not going all the way to 10.
They put in a new cock stop which was ceased up at same time of boiler installation, had had the water off in the street.
I asked the boiler installer to look at it whilst he was there today putting in a new thermostat (which was faulty) and he said it was just a faulty old shower nothing to do with water pressure.
I think its too much of a coincidence this happened at the same time. I've rang Triton showers for advice. They think the new boiler installation has flushed through debris and blocked the filters. So I rang the boiler installation company to have a chat, they think since the new cock stop was installed this has increased the water flow which is why the shower is too cold now on setting 4.
I'm inclined to agree with the boiler installation company as makes most sense. What I can't understand is why the dial is misaligned. I'm going to take off the cover to the shower and see if I can realign it. It may have been over turned by the tenant causing it to snap inside or something or perhaps the change in water flow is messing up the dial units?
Just wondering if anyone has had this sort of thing happen before?