How to change a shower bar valve. Shower mixer install & replace!
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- How to fit and replace a thermostatic shower bar valve - In this tutorial I provide a step by step guide on how to replace and old shower bar valve with a new unit in approx 10 minutes and I provide a few useful plumbing tips along the way.
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An hour after watching this I felt confident enough to buy the parts I needed. Half an hour after watching it for a second time, my new mixer bar was installed! Diolch yn fawr!!
Thanks for this video. I am not an experienced DIYer (can't find the start button on a hammer, for example), but watching this, I felt confident enough to have a crack at this myself. I can honestly say, that this only took 10 minutes, 5 of which was turning off the water supply. Thanks very much. I'll keep an eye out for other videos on any other DIY I need to do.
A perfect ‘how to’ video. No loud music playing over your voice when people are trying to listen to you. Clearly explained from start to finish. Well done!
Thanks Pouse. Just followed all your instructions and have a newly fitted shower valve.
Excellent tutorial thank you. Clear and no waffle....all tutorials should be this good.
Just followed this and fitted my new shower with ease. Thank you!
Nice no nonsense video,well filmed and easy explanation. Thankyou for uploading.👍
Thank you! Was thinking about getting a plumber in to change ours, but watched your video and decided I could do it myself! My new shower mixer looks great and doesn’t leak. Thanks again
Natalie Northage. I also changed ours myself, it would be interesting to know how much a plumber would charge for this job. 🤔🤔
Thanks so much for this video. About to replace two showers in a house that we’ve moved into. Thanks again!
No problem, good luck with it. Thanks for watching.
I'm just about to do mine and thought I best check to make sure there's nothing tricky about it - nice clear video mate, tidy!
This looks easy enough. I’m gonna try doing it myself. The hot tap has become loose so I’ve take off the sleeve to see the thread inside has worn out and just been using pliers to turn it on and off. It’s been doing that for a year and now really won’t bite anymore. Thank you so
Much , you just helped a single mamma in the U.K. ❤. Bless your skills.
Can you please do video how to screw things like solar lights on to outdoor concrete wall please. How to know what kind of drill bit goes into the mortar . Thank you ❤. And how to hang heavy mirrors please too on plaster board, if you have any project like that coming up.
I just replaced my shower bar using this video: works perfectly! Thanks
Glad to help.
Big help! Great video. Off to change mine now. Thank you
Hi Deb, glad it helped, good luck with it and thanks for watching!
Brilliant - thanks for posting. Very well explained, no fuss, gimmicks etc just how to do it. Perfect - subbed for more!
Hope you enjoy the channel!
This video saved me around £70! Thanks so much!
No problem.
Brilliant Video! I watched a few others which were either vague, too short or too long-winded.
Very well explained and easy for novices to understand, giving us the confidence to have a go!
Nice One & Thanks.
Glad to help
great tutorial! no messing
Perfect tutorial, thanks
Thank you very much, you explain very clearly, and emphasize the most important aspects. Very useful video!
Glad to help.
Good video thanks straight and to the point
Excellent video showing how simple this job is, not daunted about fitting my new one when it arrives today! Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Hope it went well. Thanks for watching 👍
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE it went very well, all done in 10 minutes and no leaks. 😀👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. Thank you!
TA TAR...love it keep up the good work!
Great video! Thank you!
Brilliant video well explained save me getting a plumber....
Love your videos, you are a total legend 🙂
Just the video I was looking for... was going to pay a handyman to do this but I think I cam do this myself now, cheers!
Hope it went well!
Thank you just changed my shower using your video 👍
I tried, but ended up having to use tools.
only joking.
Thanks, a really helpful tutorial , very clear , even for a duffer like me . Job done :)
Very informative, thanks very much.
No problem!
Thank you for this video, you've really given me the confidence to take on this task myself 😄
Best of luck!
You absolute star. Saved me £60
Glad to have helped.
Very good instructional video
Thanks for the feedback!
Spot on! Thank you!!
Really impressed with this tutorial, I'm going to change ours this afternoon 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope the installation went well 👍
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE. It went like a dream, I'd put it off for a good while until I watched your video. Thanks matey 👍
Thanks for sharing.
Legend. Excellent video ❤🙏🏼
Great video, very helpful.
Hi Kate, glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
Pouse - Great video - really informative - really enjoyed it.
Thanks for the feedback Colin. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching!
very helpful many thanks
No problem Paul, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Excellent video!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent video well explained clearly for novices like me . Thanks and I’ve subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
How good was that! A dead easy to follow video, no B/S just clearly explained. Well done fella I've just subscribed 👍
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Great video, thanks!
Glad to help!
Brilliant video 👍🙂
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
Awesome video. Thanks.
No worries!
well explained sir , very usefull video. god bless you,
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Thank you. 😊
I just replaced the shower bar with help thanks to this video. The flow knob on my old shower bar in the ensuite had worn after about 7 years usage and wouldn't turn on anymore. A local scamming plumber literally quoted me £300 including VAT or £250 cash to avoid HMRC for this job which is literally more than a plumbers day's wages minus the part. Seriously! I bought a £40 Gappo shower bar from Amazon (better quality than the old one it seems) and replaced it in 10-15 minutes. Didn't really need the cloth to be honest. Just careful spinning with the spanner was all it took but doing it bit by bit is good advice for sure. Thanks. Tip: After switching off the mains water just let both the cold AND hot water taps nearest to the shower run till they are dry before unscrewing the old bar.
Glad you saved a few quid. 300 seems a bit steep for a straight replacement. Best of luck!
Hi mate. Very good channel. You explain very good. Thanks and i would be happy for more videos.
Plenty more videos on my channel. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this Pouse. I've recently installed a Triton Dene Cool Touch mixer, (it has been around for a few years), and the flow control is on the right and the temperature on the left. This is the first bar mixer valve I've had and I would have thought the controls would be standardized, especially from the same manufacturer.
Thanks again, Kieron.
On a cool touch system the temp control is on the hot side (left) to stop the whole bar getting hot like standard setup where the hot water travels across the bar to the temp control on the right
Thanks Pouse. That makes perfect sense. I never thought it through. As they say, we can learn something new everyday. Regards, Kieron.
Good shout on measuring between the centres first. Have a like ;)
Thank you! Cheers!
Your the best 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Thanks - just saved me £120
enjoyed the video.
Thanks Ratch, hope it was useful. Thanks again for watching!
Great tip place a cloth over the nuts 👌
Thanks for the feedback!
Yes, must always protect the nuts!
Thanks for this
No problem.
Thanks 👍🏻
I just successfully did this! Thank you.
Excellent work!
it's great thank you :)
Thanks.
cheers mate
your fab, thank you. x
Thanks 👍
Brilliant mate!! Thank you for taking the time to do this, helped me loads!!
No problem.
OMG I did it!! So thank you. Seriously. Women can do this too..... :)
Of course, DIY is for everyone! Good work, thanks for watching!
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Cheers, nice one. Thanks again for watching!
Very good explanation.
Glad you enjoyed it.
liked and subscribed - nice video really explained well thanks 👍
Thank you Drakesy, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Drakesy, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this great video. I'm about to take my mixer off as I have a dripping shower and it is driving me crazy. Do you have any tips on what I should be looking for???
My shower is running cold when it should run hot. But when the cold hand basin cold tap is turned on the shower water runs hot !. It was working fine before, any ideas. Good video.
Great video, very straightforward. I have put a new shower bar on, everything is fine no leaking but there is a whining sound on the right side if the bar, only does this when yhe temperature is medium or below if you turn it up to make yhe water hot then the noise disappears. Any suggestions. TIA
I'm not sure sorry. Maybe you have high water pressure. Thanks for watching.
Really helpful but my worry is the hot water side on the left of mine controls the temp and the cold on the right is the flow.
Are all showers of this type of mounting now. I have old "victorian" mixer and needs replacing.. Original plumber made a booboo and has hot on right, not left. I guess its worth replacing adding the base mounting and switch hot and cold around.
You might just have a mixer shower so doesn't really matter but if you have a thermostatic bar valve like one in vid then it needs to be the right way around as the thermostat needs to work from the cold feed. You can use different fittings to attach the shower but I used an 'easy fixing kit'. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.
Super video mate.. I found this video very helpful. I found a tiny leak at 10:35; I believe its coming from between the bar valve mounting kit and the cover. Can I just use the PTFE tape here? If yes can I just tape it round about 8 times as in your other video?
I used stainless steel screws, bought from LIDLE as a kit.
Stainless is a good choice in wet environments. I assume you're talking about the screws under the chrome caps?
Excellent video. I want to instali a new Mira mixer shower but my hot and cold water pipes are outside of the wall but all of these new showers are designed for pipes retracted into the wall and covered by the tiles. Is there a way that I can install one of these type showers and attach to my external pipes? Are all the fittings on the hot and cold water threds on the mixer bar of a universal size? Thank you in advance.
Excellent video mate. Very clear instructions. Can I ask what is the difference between a thermostatic bar and manual shower faucet
The thermostatic bar has a thermostat built in to control the temperature variations in the water so should prevent any hot or cold spells. You can set it on the one side of the bar. A normal bar relies on you mixing the hot and cold water manually. Hope that helps.
If you shut off the water supply and remove the shower bar will the grundfos pump come on automatically. Does it have to be isolated as well.
How do you manage to turn the cold water off? Is it usually a stopcock under the kitchen sink?
Hi, great video. I feel confident to tackle this myself after watching this. As my old unit is unbranded, it’s virtually impossible to locate thermo cartridge as I think it’s gone in my current shower. I’m guessing it’s just as cheap and easy to replace the whole shower right? Also, if I replace with something branded, will all bar valves be compatible with the existing wall fixing kit as my wall fixing is in really good condition as only installed 18 months ago. Thanks again!
They are pretty much universal fit so a new one should go straight on. Hope that helps. Best of luck 👍
Brilliant! Quick question….if my shower bar has a slight leak from the cold side nut….what might be causing that? Thank you!
You could either try tightening it up only ever so slightly to see if it stops. Or you could replace the seal/washer inside. The seals only cost a few pence so worth changing them on both if you take the shower bar off and see if that works. Thanks for watching.
This is epic defo worth a go. Would this work with other types of mixer valves( other than bar) provided its 150mm between hot and cold water pipes? Thank you.
You'd have to check the instructions but in theory if the way it connects is the same then yes. Thanks for watching.
Great vid thanks. I have a Mira 415, I think, external bar with a mixer knob in the middle. It is fed from a combi boiler. If I want to replace it (min 20 yrs old!), can I replace with any 150mm mixer, central knob, or with the knobs on the end? Don't even know if there is any difference! Also, is it just a case of turning the stopcock off to stop all water? Thanks a million!!!!
Stop cock should stop all water. If you're lucky you may have isolation valve in bathroom so all other water can stay on while shower is off. If it's 150mm then a new bar should fit but you need compatible threads and pipe sizes which you may have. But it may need a bit of modifying. Best of luck. Thanks for watching.
all looks so simple, but my new shower would not screw on up to the circle things on the tiles, what am I doing wrong ?
Are the wall mounted kits universal between different manufacturers?
On my current mixer the thermostat is on left not right so I’m wondering if I buy a new one and fit it will be still ok? You say the thermostat has to always be on the right side where cold water is… not on mine, weird, does it matter?
I had the same with thermo on the left. Checked the hot supply was indeed on the left, bought a standard bar mixer with thermo on the right and it works perfectly. Diagram with the new bar mixer shows the hot water goes across to the thermo (cold water) side and is then mixed before going to the shower outlet.
Yes, but will last few years only, nor a decade?
Il be trying this tommo thankyou il cancel plummer for now lol my bar leaks bad in aw new house we just brought and the bat has handle does this matter if I'm to change to this type bar pal thanks 😁
Best of luck with it 👍
My valve is leaking from the cold side end of the valve, is it better to replace it with a new valve?
Great video. Got a drip from the shower head, would a replacement bar or atleast replacement of all the washers do the trick?
Hi there, on a modern shower you probably need a new cartridge which is like a one piece unit inside the shower that controls the water flower with several rubber washers within it. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Hi Pouse, I need to replace my bar valve. I have seen some versions where the temperature control is on the left and the on/off control on the right. So these would not work for the typical installation? My current valve has the on/off left and temperature on the right, just as you described. Presumably I must get the same arrangement?
That's right, or you need to turn the water pipes around! Hope that helps. Good luck and thanks for watching!
The nuts on mine seem to be attached to the pipes and not budging.. any suggestions?
Just bought same Triton shower but only plastic seals in the box. Do I use these instead of the felt/rubber types you used? Great video thank you.
You can use the ones they provide. You say plastic, I assume they are a hard rubber rather than plastic?
@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE they are white plastic
Thanks for your video. Very clear explanations that even this numbskull layman could follow. Saved me a a lot of time and money not having to employ a plumber
Glad it helped, thanks for watching!
The hot water comes from combi boiler, will turning Cold supply off also turn supply from combi boiler off, thanks.
Yep
What’s the exact size and type of those green washers?
I have a sequential mixer shower - exposed version, the is fed by hot and cold pipes - if it is 150mm centre point to centre point can this be replaced by a bar unit
Yes, I think so as most bar units are 150mm from centre to centre.
What solution would you recommend if there is water leaking from the cover i.e. behind the bar?
Unscrew the covers and try to tighten the nut/thread onto the olive. Hope that helps.
You did not explain if the actual mixer valve on the right can be changed by pricing off the control dial..or are these bar mixers one unit...? and you can't just replace the mixer valve?
I just want to get the right hand heat dial off to adjust the heat but cant get to the screw as the end stopper wont come off
Use more force! Try a very small screw driver and gently prize it out. Best of luck.
Hi I know this is 4 years old but I'm hoping someone can help....I've replaced my old thermostatic shower valve with a new one, however when I went to turn the mains water back on water splurted upwards from the left hand bolt....what have I done wrong and how can I fix it?
My shower bar is leaking ,but I no
tice that the cold water is on the left which is different to modern bar fittings.Does any maker make one this way round because it would mean me stripping all the tiles off and moving the copper pipe work-one heck of a job.Alternatively-would it be OK to buy a top exit bar and turn it upside down -would it still work?
I'm not sure about this John, but I imagine if you're happy to do all the plumbing in reverse then upside down would work. I think I'd rather find the right mixer bar though. Best of luck with it and thanks for watching.