wu1 Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 Evening.. just fitted a bar thermostatic shower mixer. Milan make.. Max bar 5 bar When fitting I got the feed the wrong way round.. change back and now the shower is pulsating. . It has 2 out let's as it's a rain fall shower.. When water is running through hand set I can feel the head pulsating also when switching to rainfall head it shakes the..controls.. bath taps and basin taps are fine there is no air in pipe work.. so do I fit pressure relief valves to hot and cold shower feeds? It's all running of a mega flow pressurised system. . So in theory should be balanced. .. Victorian plumbing are sending out a new cartridge but I can't se that running hot and cold through it would have damaged it!? Please advise... getting very stressed.com Steve
kurt Posted August 7, 2015 Report Posted August 7, 2015 I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about; you're not using standard terminology. We need to clarify some terms. Is it a pressure balanced or thermostatic mixing valve? Did you install it yourself? Are there air hammer pockets? Got a picture of the valve and installation?
wu1 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Posted August 7, 2015 Mega flow system are balanced.. but I have found out tat the main water supply ..runs directly to the shower before getting to the mega flow. . Hence the mains could be higher than hot out let.. Think this could be my problem so going to fit a nrv to hot side to see if it helps. If not could be a prv Yes I did fit myself..
ghentjr Posted August 7, 2015 Report Posted August 7, 2015 Yes I did fit myself.. You obviously did it incorrectly - get a plumber to correct the problem.
Steven Hockstein Posted August 7, 2015 Report Posted August 7, 2015 Yes I did fit myself.. You obviously did it incorrectly - get a plumber to correct the problem. Agreed Or maybe ask this question directly to the manufacturer. I would venture a guess that most of us have no clue about the specific installation requirements of your faucet.
Marc Posted August 7, 2015 Report Posted August 7, 2015 I had one several weeks ago that pulsed so badly that with my hand on the hot water valve, It felt like the whole basin was rumbling. This was a laundry room sink, rarely used by the seller and the house was under 5 years old. Marc
mjr6550 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 I tried looking at Megaflo's website to get some idea what the OP is talking about, but that site is one of the worst I have seen. I'd suggest a plumber.
kurt Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 I'm with Mark. The site is ridiculous. If I can't figure out a product from the mfg's. website, I'd not use it. DIY plumbing with oddball products.....punt.....
Jim Katen Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 I'm amazed that any of you can understand anything he said. It comes out like gibberish on my end.
kurt Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 We could feel his pain.....and it's because we love him...... Yeah, pretty much gibberish. Those asking for advice and help and then answering their own questions with additional improvised attempts at making right that which is hopelessly wrong....well, my morbid curiosity for lurid details is insatiable. I'm hoping he adds more valves and fittings until...until..... Click to Enlarge 45.78 KB
wu1 Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Posted August 8, 2015 So Marc what did u do.. I'm fitting a nrv Monday. .on hot feed to shower to see if this stops the cold pushing back down the hot feed.. then if this fails.. a prv. . On cold feed..
Marc Posted August 8, 2015 Report Posted August 8, 2015 So Marc what did u do.. I'm fitting a nrv Monday. .on hot feed to shower to see if this stops the cold pushing back down the hot feed.. then if this fails.. a prv. . On cold feed.. I wrote it up in my report, recommending that a plumber examine and repair it. What is NRV? I still don't understand what makes a faucet pulse that way. No one seems to know. Marc
mjr6550 Posted August 9, 2015 Report Posted August 9, 2015 I'm amazed that any of you can understand anything he said. It comes out like gibberish on my end. I could really understand anything. That's why I looked at the Website, which only made it worse.
Steven Hockstein Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 Take the washers, pipes, cartridge and look at they operate without pulsing erratically. Take the faucet off the wall and then reinstall the wall and valves so that the washers, pipes, cartridge and look at the washers, pipes, cartridge and then reinstall the internal parts and valves operate without pulsing erratically.
Tom Raymond Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 This thread has a virus, all the posts are devolving into gibberish.
Erby Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 Dang near swallowed my tung laughing at his post!
Steven Hockstein Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 I think Hock was going tung in cheke.... [:-thumbu][:-monkeyd
Jim Katen Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 Take the washers, pipes, cartridge and look at they operate without pulsing erratically. Take the faucet off the wall and then reinstall the wall and valves so that the washers, pipes, cartridge and look at the washers, pipes, cartridge and then reinstall the internal parts and valves operate without pulsing erratically. It's frightening how well you do that.
Les Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 Steven C. Hockstein, AIA You do know what the AIA stands for?
kurt Posted August 12, 2015 Report Posted August 12, 2015 It's frightening how well you do that. You know, it really is. He has the gift.
Jim Katen Posted August 12, 2015 Report Posted August 12, 2015 It's frightening how well you do that. You know, it really is. He has the gift. It's like a verbal version of an MC Escher drawing.
Steven Hockstein Posted August 12, 2015 Report Posted August 12, 2015 Steven C. Hockstein, AIA You do know what the AIA stands for? Yes but I suspect you have another answer.
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