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Title: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 26, 2005, 06:10:42 PM My shower's just gone kaput and is chucking out freezing cold water!!! Only good thing about it is that only my head was under it at the time.
Why now? Why not last week or after New Year? I'm not a happy bunny.............. Anyone know a cheap plumber near Preston? Kev, I am truly sorry for laughing at your washing machine predicament now!!! Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Royal Flush on December 26, 2005, 06:37:52 PM Plenty of cheap plummers i am sure, but once they enter the posh part they are bound to rip you off.
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: K9sixtwo on December 26, 2005, 06:54:39 PM Whats a cheap Plumber....???
As for them charging more when they enter a posh area......come come...The amount they charge they can afford to live in and indeed do habitate the posh areas... Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: ifm on December 26, 2005, 07:21:24 PM If you've still got hot water elsewhere then it is the shower unit itself, you can buy 'em for as little as £40 and the fitting is no huge thing (couple of compression joints), anyone with a bit of DIY experience can fit one, needn't be too expensive.
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: JAXtheLAD on December 26, 2005, 07:32:26 PM I know a cheap plumber,he`s called david,tx for asking!!!!
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Heid on December 26, 2005, 07:34:28 PM Aww Trace :(
You poor thing :( Heid xx Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 26, 2005, 07:46:32 PM My best m8's hubby is a plumber, but catching him sober at this time of year could be a problem...
GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Shower unit is now in pieces, (I'm lethal with a screwdriver) so I guess I'm off out tomorrow to buy a new one! Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: RED-DOG on December 26, 2005, 08:31:27 PM Keep the cold shower, it will help to quell the urges
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: lvlarc_uk on December 26, 2005, 08:40:48 PM I can come over and lay some pipe ;)
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 27, 2005, 02:25:01 PM tut at the smut
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: mikkyT on December 27, 2005, 05:40:09 PM I can come over and lay some pipe ;) Just thinking the same thing, and I could fix the shower at the same time. Think of it like a sort of down payment Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 27, 2005, 11:05:18 PM Oh dreary me!
My Dad has offered to come with me to get a new one, and he'll probably fit it for me too - sorry boys!!! Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 29, 2005, 05:01:58 PM 75 quid later and new shower is in!!
What a complete bag of poop! If I want a freezing cold shower then wow what power, soon as you turn the temp up, the pressure drops and the water trickles, even only if I put it on warm. It's a 9.5kw shower, just like the one that went bust, but for some reason the water pressure is rubbish. Any plumbers in the house with any advice? Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: RyG on December 29, 2005, 05:06:07 PM My old house shower was like that bloody rubbish
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: ifm on December 29, 2005, 06:28:34 PM The only thing i can suggest is a power unit, though i'm not 100% you can purchase them seperately.
They go before the shower unit and boost the pressure. Are you sure the new shower was put in correctly? Was the cut of valve fully reopened? It seems odd that you have lost pressure. Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: charmaine on December 29, 2005, 06:47:17 PM Much prefer a bubbly bath for 2 :) though most of the time its me n Harry my 3 yr old ::)
Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 29, 2005, 07:18:49 PM I can't wallow in my own mucky water Charmaine. lol
I have to be in and out lol Title: Re: OT: Why now? Post by: Trace on December 29, 2005, 07:20:27 PM Yes and Yes IFM - it's soooo frustrating.
This one is a 9.5kw Gainsborough shower, just like the one that went buggered. Different model, but same make. It's confused the hell out of me. |