Anyone recognise this shower mixer?

[Pete.]

My girl has bought a new house and I've been doing some maintenance. One thing I have to tackle is resurrecting this shower mixer. Both the 1/4 turn valve and thermostatic valves were frozen from limescale. I have managed to service the thermostatic valve and it's now working properly but the shutoff valve has a broken top and now I've disassembled it also broken ceramic insert.

I'm hoping that someone here can identify it so I can look around for spares. So far I ave not had any luck. I can find a new 1/4" valve insert easily enough but the plastic top has a 13mm hex inside which has busted out. The valve has a standard 20-spline end and there's a brass 20-spline female to 13mm hex adapter piece. It's the top I mostly need to replace.

 

[Kayos]

Take it apart and whatsapp the picture to Divapor 07379 120664

They have never failed me yet

 

[dobbslc]

Kayos do they also do ceramic tap cartridges?

 

[Kayos]

Kayos do they also do ceramic tap cartridges?

Not sure as I used to have a kit, 60 ish different types and replaced them as used

 

[Pete.]

Take it apart and whatsapp the picture to Divapor 07379 120664

They have never failed me yet

Thanks I have done. I expect they'll get back to me on Tuesday.

 

[Pete.]

This is definitely the broken control knob, even has the brass insert. Doesn't say who the manufacturer is though just has divapor's part number.

H726219 Shower Flow Control Handle (20 Splines)

H726219 Shower Flow Control Handle (20 Splines)

www.divapor.com

 

[Pete.]

Not sure as I used to have a kit, 60 ish different types and replaced them as used

You mean you had a rebuild kit for the ceramic inserts? That would do me just fine!

 

[Kayos]

You mean you had a rebuild kit for the ceramic inserts? That would do me just fine!

Just a kit with loads of different inserts, used the same 6 or 7 most of the time and the odd one on a special tap

 

[Pete.]

Thanks for the help especially Kayos with the Divapor link. They have replied via Whatsapp with links to all the bits I need.

Turns out Mondy is now called 'kill a plumber' day. Yesterday I had to deal with this:

Loose bath tap. No problem just tighten it up right? Nope, some idiot had silicone glued the plastic nuts to the underside of the roll-top bath. In a tight corner, against a wall obviously. Much swearing ensued.

Then I planned to isolate the bath and shower whilst the parts turned up for the shower controls (they have another shower upstairs). There are two handy shut-off valves under the bath. Sadly, neither would shut off so I had to change them. Seemed simple enough until I realised that whomever had installed them had trapped the valve between the rising pipe and the one above costrained by the tee piece. One came out with some wiggling but the other had no play at all. More swearing and cutting of pipes before I got that done. Wasn't helped by the previous owner thinking that it would be a good ised to slather pink paint all over them.

 

[Kayos]

Thanks for the help especially Kayos with the Divapor link. They have replied via Whatsapp with links to all the bits I need.

Turns out Mondy is now called 'kill a plumber' day. Yesterday I had to deal with this:

Loose bath tap. No problem just tighten it up right? Nope, some idiot had silicone glued the plastic nuts to the underside of the roll-top bath. In a tight corner, against a wall obviously. Much swearing ensued.

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Then I planned to isolate the bath and shower whilst the parts turned up for the shower controls (they have another shower upstairs). There are two handy shut-off valves under the bath. Sadly, neither would shut off so I had to change them. Seemed simple enough until I realised that whomever had installed them had trapped the valve between the rising pipe and the one above costrained by the tee piece. One came out with some wiggling but the other had no play at all. More swearing and cutting of pipes before I got that done. Wasn't helped by the previous owner thinking that it would be a good ised to slather pink paint all over them.

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Pictures like that make me glad I drive a desk these days

 

[Kram]

Loose bath tap. No problem just tighten it up right? Nope, some idiot had silicone glued the plastic nuts to the underside of the roll-top bath. In a tight corner, against a wall obviously. Much swearing ensued.

A hot knife tipped soldering iron, or blow torched stanley blade will get them off easily, if they are being replaced.
Our small sink cavity was too small to get a tap spanner up there so I cut the old nuts off.