Is there a concealed valve?

cathoderay Full Member Posts: 132	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 10, 2021 18:57:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cathoderay on Sept 10, 2021 18:57:06 GMT Behind these controls or is that it? Attachments:

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Is there a concealed valve? Sept 10, 2021 20:39:44 GMT cathoderay likes this

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Post by tomplum on Sept 10, 2021 20:39:44 GMT

your guess is as good as anyones there Ray, It all depends on the installer, You have to look in accessible area's where a proper tradesman would have put them, ceiling/underfloor/adjacent cupboard,
As has been said on here many times, New suites look good but are very unpractical and if, the installer is a, ' grab the money and run' merchant, there very likely are no valves,

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cylinderfella LBC Posts: 1,242	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 10, 2021 21:11:52 GMT via mobile cathoderay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cylinderfella on Sept 10, 2021 21:11:52 GMT Probably not... Unless there's a cupboard behind those tiles. Another case of having to wreck the place to fix it!!

dickpuller Sir Richard Puller MBE Culture attache to Glasgow Posts: 4,262	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 11, 2021 7:56:42 GMT via mobile cathoderay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dickpuller on Sept 11, 2021 7:56:42 GMT I’d say no, it looks like a self contained shower valve.
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rocketmanbkk Knight of the brew cabin Posts: 7,006	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 11, 2021 9:59:39 GMT via Tapatalk cathoderay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rocketmanbkk on Sept 11, 2021 9:59:39 GMT I say no too.

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Is there a concealed valve? Sept 11, 2021 15:14:32 GMT via mobile

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Post by cathoderay on Sept 11, 2021 15:14:32 GMT

Thanks all. I'm going to go along with the opinion that there isn't a concealed valve. It looks like it is a bar mixer arranged vertically. It's leaking around the controls so disassemble and new o rings it is.

cathoderay Full Member Posts: 132	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 18, 2021 18:50:37 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cathoderay on Sept 18, 2021 18:50:37 GMT It is a bristan vertical mixer. The flow valve is both knackered and discontinued. The unit is mounted on a proprietary backplate with pipe centres at about 140mm instead of the usual 150. Why oh why...

tomplum Administrator Posts: 14,781	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 18, 2021 20:20:08 GMT cathoderay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tomplum on Sept 18, 2021 20:20:08 GMT thats the way of the world,,

woodbine66 veteran of the brewcabin Posts: 1,662	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 19, 2021 9:17:02 GMT cathoderay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodbine66 on Sept 19, 2021 9:17:02 GMT So they can sell you another one. Have been able to get Bristan parts in past, but some things more difficult now. I prefer Grohe.

pb Ribina King Plumbing legend Posts: 706	Is there a concealed valve? Sept 19, 2021 9:39:57 GMT woodbine66 and cathoderay like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pb on Sept 19, 2021 9:39:57 GMT I only fit bar mixer showers now days......cheap and cheerful.......when it's knackered just two nuts to undo and whack a new one on