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Replacement shower has much lower power.

batman1 · 2017-08-20 07:58:41

We had an aqualisa basic mixer valve shower, gravity fed, for 15 years. Doing up the house we replaced it with a grohe 800 thermostat mixer shower. There's a huge difference in the power between the 2. In fairness the plumber said there would be but I didn't think it would be as big as it was. Is this due to the fact that…

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batman1

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We had an aqualisa basic mixer valve shower, gravity fed, for 15 years. Doing up the house we replaced it with a grohe 800 thermostat mixer shower.
There's a huge difference in the power between the 2. In fairness the plumber said there would be but I didn't think it would be as big as it was.

Is this due to the fact that there's a thermostat in the new one, the smaller head, or just different brands?

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