User talk:John Stumbles

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Hi John

I came across your excellent articles while researching a shower problem via various sites, and I'm hoping that perhaps you can help.

My son has recently moved into a new (to him, IYSWIM) house. The house has been renovated by the previous owners and has a combi boiler. The problem is with the shower in the bathroom which is a "Victorian" style (i.e.brass & porcelain) and which although apparently "thermostatic" does not control the water temperature at all. The temperature varies randomly, but always too hot for comfort, no matter what the control setting is. I should mention that the control is a single lever for both flow and temperature.

The markings on the shower mixer valve indicate that it is a "Force 10 Thermostatic". I am unsure if this is the name of the manufacturer, or the model. I cannot find any references to this name on t'internet at all.

I have dismantled the valve, and tested the thermostat capsule in a bowl of hot water and it appears to operate OK.

Have you come across "Force 10" before? Any ideas what to do next?

TIA

Peter Kay

Peter: I suggest you ask this on the newsgroup as you will get responses from people with a wider range of expertise and experience than just mine --John Stumbles 11:18, 31 July 2007 (BST)

Thanks John. I've posted a couple of times but nobody has come up with the answer yet! Thanks again.

This has been discussed on the group before. AIUI a standard combi and standard thermostatic shower are incompatible. If you think about how the thermostatic shower controls temp, and how this affects a combi you should see why. The ng is the place tho. NT 00:09, 1 August 2007 (BST)