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greatest thermostatic showers for bathing rooms i really enjoy a shower where you suddenly get pounded by frigid water one minute and then get scalded the next but now that i have a thermostatic shower i m denied the pleasure most types of thermostatic showers can regulate the shower bath screens temperature to a steady temperature plus or minus a degree or two from the temperature setting that you ve chosen provided of course that you have enough hot water flowing to the thermostat how does the system work generally a thermostatic shower system features a multi-piece control setup the first piece is a thermostatic valve on the front of the valve plate is a temperature dial that you pre-set to whatever temperature you d like your shower to be before you turn the water on the thermostatic valve ordinarily has an anti-scald guard that prevents any type of situation where you or your child might get scalded normally the control features a jump of one or two degrees for each time you touch the knob which prevents people from accidentally hitting the control and suddenly getting blasted by hotter water than they wanted you also will have a volume control for each water accessory you have whether you just have a single shower head or you also have a hand shower body spray etc these controls will only control the amount of pressure you have for each device the water temperature for each device will be the exact same temperature you ve pre-set into the temperature control so you won t have to deal with assorted temperatures of water for each the temperature can quickly be re-set to a different temperature for the next person who showers after you thebathstoreuk.com © 2011

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if there s a sudden drop in water pressure because bathroom shelves of someone else using water somewhere the thermostatic system will vary the pressure to compensate so that you aren t suddenly hit by hot or cold water so if a pressure drop in the hot water lines causes the water that reaches the mixture to suddenly get colder the thermostat will shunt the pressure of the cold water line to compensate and on the other hand when someone uses a big volume of cool water suddenly like flushing a toilet the thermostat will send less hot water to the mixer to prevent you from getting scalded however most thermostatic showers have a hard time coping with sudden drastic differences in water pressure if your home suffers from this rather rare problem a thermostatic shower might not be able to adequately compensate so your shower temperature might be somewhat erratic if your plumbing has these extreme issues a solution might be to get a different kind of thermostatic shower called an electric shower electric showers are more expensive than regular thermostatic showers but they ll eliminate any chance of sudden changes in temperature and they will save on your power consumption an electric powered shower curtains is additionally operated with a thermostatic control but it doesn t require a domestic hot water line towards the shower you only should run a cool water line to the shower a power shower has an electric heating element either in the shower head or perhaps in a box mounted on your shower wall this heating element heats the water right there to whatever temperature you ve pre-set the control for more information on thermostatic shower for your bathroom you can visit http www.thebathstoreuk.com if you would like to contact us please visit http www.thebathstoreuk.com/contact-us online web 2.0 version you can read the online version of this press release here thebathstoreuk.com © 2011

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