Need help sourcing a shower part

[isee]

I have just been informed that this cartridge is discontinued and was made a company that is pronounced as "sole" I have no idea how to spll it though.
On the thermostat bit it says: "vernet france"
This is a built in shower and unless I find this cartridge (or another one that fits) I am looking at a lot of work needing to be done.

Anyone got any idea where I should be looking for this part

thanks in advance for your help!

[Ferg]

Is it knackered? Have you stripped it down to clean it?

[isee]

Ferg said:

Is it knackered? Have you stripped it down to clean it?

Yeah the temp doesn't change no matter what i do with it. Would throwing it whole into a sonic cleaner help you reckon?

[Ferg]

It sounds like the shuttle is stuck. Have you taken it apart?

[isee]

Ferg said:

It sounds like the shuttle is stuck. Have you taken it apart?

nope, haven't even attempted. Not even sure how to tbh, does it start wth a crescent shaped washer at teh top?

[Ferg]

Look very closely.
It should unscrew. Somewhere between the top and bottom.

[isee]

Ferg said:

Look very closely.
It should unscrew. Somewhere between the top and bottom.

took the crescent shaped washer off, wcich allowe the top bit to move in a piston fashion but other than that cant find any seams where i can unscrew it. Will have to wait till tomorrow, since i have a limited amount of tools here. Still wouldn like to find out what this is and where i could get a replacement too

[Ferg]

I'd say hold the hex and turn the very bottom with a decent pair of grips.

I think you'll be lucky to identify it to be honest.

[jaybkay]

Manufacturers details - in English.

http://www1.cetim.fr/_upload/Documents/References/...

[isee]

jaybkay said:

Manufacturers details - in English.

http://www1.cetim.fr/_upload/Documents/References/...

thanks. I get the feeling that it's just the thermostat that is Vernet and not the whole cartridge

[isee]

Also found this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THERMOSTATIC-SHOWER-MIXER-BA...

would I be correct that the "fits 90% of shower" is a completely off the cuff figure and if it is not, murphy's law dictates that i would fall into the other 10%?

[manty]

If you can post a pic of the shower front i'll try to help.


Ta

[isee]

manty said:

If you can post a pic of the shower front i'll try to help.


Ta

here you are



thanks

[manty]

Is it this one?
http://www.showersource.co.uk/shop/brands/sol/0/so...

[Wings]

I have obtained several cartridges from Deva Showers
http://www.deva.org.uk/

[isee]

manty said:

Is it this one?
http://www.showersource.co.uk/shop/brands/sol/0/so...

that's the one! it's out of stock and I only need the cartridge but at least I know what it is now! thanks

[squicky]

I regularly soak my trevi boost shower cartridge in a bath of white vinegar to remove the lime scale. If you've not tried that, I'd recommend it. (Same symptoms as you - when it gets clogged up, it doesn't heat up.)
Disassemble it as much as easily done then fully immerse (and shake about a bit) overnight.

[isee]

squicky said:

I regularly soak my trevi boost shower cartridge in a bath of white vinegar to remove the lime scale. If you've not tried that, I'd recommend it. (Same symptoms as you - when it gets clogged up, it doesn't heat up.)
Disassemble it as much as easily done then fully immerse (and shake about a bit) overnight.

cool will do that overnight in a sonic cleaning bath. i think that will get it as close to as new as is possible

[isee]

QUICK UPDATE: soaked the thing in vinegar overnight (it's now very shiny)
then had it cleaned for an hour with ultrasound.

Could not find a way to take it apart.

Put it back in. only cold water seems to feeding into it. took it out again. only hot water now seems to be feeding into it. does it matter how far in I need to screw it in? or mabe it has to be positioned in a certain way?

[Suey]

I logged on to the internet to like you try to find info about where to get this exact shower cartrdge having had cold water showers for over 1 year now. My dad came and took the cartridge out when we worked out what the problem was in the system.

We too quickly foiund that the part was impossible to replace so we set about trying to fix the one we had. We went through all of the steps you document above. The thing that solved the problem in the end was submerging the whole cartridge in a solution of Formic cid to disolve the limescale and uncease the valve. We used a solution called "KilRock K" available from Robert Dyas. 1 part KilRock to 8 parts boiling water for 15 minutes.

The cartridge looked brand new when it came out. The valve unceased after we wobbled the copper cased wax element that sticks out of it. We put it back in the mixer unit and bingo!! Piping hot water!!