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Regarding power shower replacement
Power showers & Bar/Mixer showers should have isolation valves already fitted just before connections to the shower - Sometimes they are visible above the shower on the wall, in the loft directly above the shower or behind the shower in a cupboard. The reason there should be isolation valves is to allow replacement of your old shower without the need to drain down the cold water tank . Draining down the system, fitting isolation valves and refilling will take 1.5 - 2 hours above our normal shower replacement time and opens up the possibility of creating air locks in the system when refilling.
We charge £99 for the extra time taken emptying the water tank, fitting full bore lever isolation valves, re filling the system... if it is discovered when we arrive that no isolation valves have previously been fitted.
If your original shower was fitted by a professional then there will be isolation valves already in place.
Central heating valves ( Gate Valves ) are NOT isolation valves - they are there to regulate flow and 99% of the time leak after opening or closing them ! We will not try to turn off water supplies using these gate valves as they are probably seized or they will leak after closing them which will mean draining down the system to replace unless you are prepared to pay for draining down and replacing with full bore isolation valves if they do leak or seized.
We will not accept any call backs for leaking gate valves after we have left if you declined the option of full bore isolation valves being fitted when we fitted your new shower.
