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Manual and Thermostatic Shower Valves

A Thermostatic Shower maintains the temperature of the water coming out of the shower head. In a thermostatic shower if the temperature of the mains supply changes then the shower valve adjusts the mains supply to balance the temperature. For example if a WC is flushed then the flow of the mains cold water supply is disrupted, a thermostatic shower will reduce the mains hot water supply to compensate for this and the temperature will remain constant, the water coming from the shower head will not get hotter. In contrast a manual shower valve simply supplies the hot and cold supplies to a shower mixer and the temperature is controlled manually by the user. A manual shower mixer is often connected to a single lever control shower valve where one lever or dial is used to control the flow. This allows more control over the water temperature and flow that you are getting out of the shower head. So there are advantages to a thermostatic shower because your showers temperature will remain constant and there is no risk of scalding from any sudden rise in temperature of the water. A manual shower mixer, however, gives you much greater overall control over the temperature and flow of the water passing through you shower valve.