Vented to combi system making taps stiff!

[The Plumber Guy]

Hi all,

I've got a customer who's quite old and arthritic. He and his wife have just had a combi boiler fitted after years with a vented system and the increase in pressure has caused the taps and shower valves to stiffen. I'd like to try and loosen off the shower for him as he finds it very difficult to turn on and off. Do any of you know how best to do this or if it can even be done? He tells me he doesn't want to smell like an old man!

Also, does anyone know of a good non-slip product that I can put in his shower tray?

Cheers all

 

[happyflyer]

I can understand taps stiffening up but the shower may have different porting or maybe not, Mira shower has a nice easy move lever at the bottom and all new taps dare I say Italian don't have washer as we know them, maybe a change of taps all round a trip down to the showroom with the customer and see how they handle the new fancy taps there are so many to choose from, most now don't screw they are lift taps wall to wall. I have taps at home you can open and close with your finger tips or back of your fist, nothing fancy from B&Q

This will be a nice job to walk away from when you have made them happy, good luck with it.


Tony

PS I was only thinking of a tap change since they might get worse in time