Exciting tap dilemma.

[SheilaWilde]

Completely posting here for traffic to avoid spending the night down a tap rabbit hole. I posted in DIY earlier but it's dead and aside from the kids and the dog I don't really have anyone to ask. The cat would be my best bet but she's in a huff because she had Whiskas for dinner.

So AIBU to think bath taps shouldn't be so difficult? (I know that's a reeaaally loose AIBU but in my defence I've just burn my finger and I'm feeling needy for yap advice. I fully expect this to become tumbleweed but 'don't ask, don't get' as my grand ram used to say). I'm NOT asking exDH as he caused the issue in the first place.

I'm posting this in the hope that someone can give me some advice. @PigletJohn could you possibly help?

I've got a combo boiler with low pressure (that's a whole new exciting thread) and a shower over bath fed from taps. The taps are leaking to buggery and I can never get the shower to 'mix' it's either boiling or cold because once I add cold to a certain point (turning the cold tap in mm increments) the hot gives up and it goes cold.

I thought over half term I'd have a go at installing new taps - which I may or may not regret but I can't really afford a plumber at the moment. I thought I'd just buy the cheapest B&Q taps, which is what I've got (so I'm not sure why I thought going for the same thing - that's broken - was a good idea). So, looking at mixer taps on Screwfix some say good for low pressure but reviews say they don't mix. Does anyone know what I need? I found these at VP which seem to fit the bill but the description doesn't mention combi boiler. I don't want to spend £100 on something that won't be better than what I have.

Also, if I do buy taps. Is this a simple DIY job? I'm quite handy but I havn't ventured too far into plumbing DIY. My toilet is also leaking but I'll leave that excitement for another day.

If anyone cares at all - these are the taps that I'm hoping will solve all of my problems. I'd like not to have to have my teenagers shouting down the stairs 'mmmmmmuuuuuuummmmmm!!!!!!! The showers cold agaiiinnnnn!!!!' and having to show faux concern rather than thinking out load 'and what the fuck do you want me to do about it?'. I usually fiddle around topping up the boiler and they think I'm inefficiently doing something and are reasonably grateful. I'd also like to have a shower before work where I don't stand there swearing at the boiling hot:freezing cold water before giving and getting dressed in a very bad mood, cursing the taps and the boiler.

That was all longer than it needed to be. The cat has made some sort of 'I might not be in such a bad mood, could you stroke me?' manoeuvres and has perched herself 2 feet away on the sofa with her back to me. She won't answer my question about which taps to get. I'm going to bribe her with some Dreamies.