Cold shower - HELP!!!

[hannahjo]

I've recently moved into a rented flat, but am having problems with my shower � it never gets really hot only luke warm, which isn't very fun in this weather! All the other hot water taps in the house get really hot and our boiler seems to be fine (we've recently had it serviced) we've tried stopping the flow of water to some of the radiators (our landlord thought it might help) but the shower is still only luke warm. The shower head pipe is pinned to the wall and so I can't move the head down too far to find out if it's a problem with height. Has anyone got any ideas of how to get it hot??? I'll try anything!

[stanleyman]

You don't say what sort of shower it is and where it gets its hot water from. You should demand that you landlord sort it out otherwise get someone in to fix it and you can give the landlord the bill.

[spudqueen]

We have this problem as ours is an old shower and the faster the water comes out the less efficient it is at heating it, so in winter we have to have a less powerful shower just because the water coming in is so cold and it can't heat it up!

[hannahjo]

thanks for your answers

[loverboy]

If it is an electric shower and I suspect it is then I would say that the shower unit is on its way out. On electric showers the water uses cold water only so stopping the flow of water to your radiators is a waste of time as they are on a different water system altogether.

The cold water enters the shower unit which has an element inside, this heats the water up. I would hazard a guess that it is this unit that is on its way out.

The landlord seems to me to be fobbing you off but I don't know the law as to whose responsibility it is to replace it. Good luck.