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Thermostatic tap is broken! (Only means of shower!)

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Imafarmerama · 31/03/2020 11:10

Hi, don’t suppose anyone can help.

Our bath tap is also the tap for our shower. It’s a thermostatic tap. So the right (thermostat) side is fine and works well. The left side controls the flow of water.

The left side broke yesterday and went from turning stiff to loose without releasing any water (luckily the taps were off otherwise it would have broken full flow!)

And now it’s just loose no matter which way it’s turned and just keeps going around and around.

Quite worried as obviously we won’t be getting a plumber out anytime soon. I expect they’ll be fully booked all week anyway! Sad

What can we do? Heeeelp!

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Bagelsandbrie · 31/03/2020 11:18

You might be able to find a plumber to fix it- many have had work cancelled and aren’t actually that busy! Try asking on a community Facebook page for recommendations and you might be lucky.

Imafarmerama · 31/03/2020 11:24

Good idea! I’ll ask. I bet we need a new part for the tap! Are those readily available?

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Bagelsandbrie · 31/03/2020 12:46

Probably. Parts can often be found on eBay as well if you’re struggling to find them.

Muchlywrong · 31/03/2020 13:12

It may well be that your grub screw or what ever is holding the handle to the valve has come loose. A picture of the tap would be useful for anyone to give you some help though.

PigletJohn · 31/03/2020 14:09

post some photos of your mixer tap please.

Imafarmerama · 01/04/2020 15:01

Sorry I didn’t reply! Turns out @Bagelsandbrie was spot on about plumbers availability - we found a local plumber who fixed the tap temporarily, ordered the right part and will fix it fully tomorrow.

Absolute legend. Thanks team Brew

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