What should be supplied with a shower mixer?

A mixer shower, as its name suggests, mixes a hot and cold water supply in a valve to reach your chosen temperature before it reaches the shower head. They are intended for use with either low or high pressure water supplies and will not increase the low pressure of a water flow.

How does a thermostatic bar mixer shower work?

How does a thermostatic shower work? Thermostatic showers store water at a high temperature before mixing it with cold water in a valve to a temperature that you have pre-set. Along with mixing the water together, the valve will also instantly react to changes in water temperature.

What side is the hot water on a shower bar?

left
The hot water pipe entry MUST be made to the left-hand side inlet, marked HOT, ‘H’ or with a red/orange label.

How does a mixer shower mix hot and cold water?

A mixer shower will mix both hot and cold water inside the shower fitting itself before the water comes out of the shower head. This means that the shower itself does not heat the water, as is the case with some models, but rather that the shower will make use of the hot water that’s already available through your home’s plumbing system.

Can a thermostatic mixer be connected to a shower?

I have assumed that connecting the mains cold and the gravity fed hot to a thermostatic mixer would not be successful because the low pressure hot supply would not allow sufficient flow from the shower. Is this true? I think my best solution may be to fit a thermostatic mixer with twin impeller pump, with the cold fed from a new tank in the loft.

Where does the hot and cold feed go in a shower?

Here we can see the pipework under the bath that will be extended up to feed the shower valve. The hot feed will be run up the left hand channel, and the cold feed will be run up the right hand channel. This is because the hot feed will enter the valve on the left (as we look at it) and the cold feed on the right. This is an industry standard.

Where does the hot feed go on a bar mixer?

The hot feed will be run up the left hand channel, and the cold feed will be run up the right hand channel. This is because the hot feed will enter the valve on the left (as we look at it) and the cold feed on the right. This is an industry standard. Because of this, the pipework under the bath is in line with this configuration.

Do you need to replace hot and cold taps on mixer shower?

If these pipes are the two main feed pipes to your mixer shower, they could be cut and adapted so the correct pipes feed the correct side of the mixer shower. If they are just hot and cold feeds to other supplies, then the answer is no you will need to remove the tiles to carry out the repairs.