Hello, could someone give me advice on a problem I have with my shower?
I’m close to replacing the shower engine but not sure if pressure could be the problem.
In our en suite, the shower starts but very very hot then proceeds to a kettle noise and stop. After a few seconds it does the same. On a cold setting, it starts cold then hot then kettle noise and stop, then repeats every few seconds.
With power isolated, I removed the shower cover and manually pressed the lever to release water - the cold water pressure seems fine, it didn’t seem low. This lead me to it being the shower engine.
There’s another part to this. We’ve been using the shower in the bathroom while this one is out of order. It has a low pressure LED. Recently the LED has been coming on, not every time we use it but it does come on 1 in 3 times we use it, just for a few seconds (of cold water) then back to normal.
So my questions are, do you think we should look at pressures before replacing the shower which has completely stopped working? Is there any reason why our water pressure would drop when no plumbing changes have happened in the house? Is there an easy way to check pressure? Has anyone had similar with the shower which doesn’t work at all? It looks easy to replace the inner mech/engine but it’s £100 and I don’t want to waste £100 if the plumbing is the issue / would make no difference. Also, the isolator tap for the showers won’t budge - any tips on freeing it up - at present I can’t check opening/ closing the isolator tap until I can free it up.
I’m close to replacing the shower engine but not sure if pressure could be the problem.
In our en suite, the shower starts but very very hot then proceeds to a kettle noise and stop. After a few seconds it does the same. On a cold setting, it starts cold then hot then kettle noise and stop, then repeats every few seconds.
With power isolated, I removed the shower cover and manually pressed the lever to release water - the cold water pressure seems fine, it didn’t seem low. This lead me to it being the shower engine.
There’s another part to this. We’ve been using the shower in the bathroom while this one is out of order. It has a low pressure LED. Recently the LED has been coming on, not every time we use it but it does come on 1 in 3 times we use it, just for a few seconds (of cold water) then back to normal.
So my questions are, do you think we should look at pressures before replacing the shower which has completely stopped working? Is there any reason why our water pressure would drop when no plumbing changes have happened in the house? Is there an easy way to check pressure? Has anyone had similar with the shower which doesn’t work at all? It looks easy to replace the inner mech/engine but it’s £100 and I don’t want to waste £100 if the plumbing is the issue / would make no difference. Also, the isolator tap for the showers won’t budge - any tips on freeing it up - at present I can’t check opening/ closing the isolator tap until I can free it up.
