I got a thermostatic shower mixer from ikea and it's awsome. Just set your preffered temp and it will make sure it stays that way. It wasn't even that expensive. I wish more people knew about it.
Problem is that shower temperature is one of those problems that is enough to be annoying but not enough to demand being solved.
Didn't know about thermostatic mixers. Thanks.
Arent’t these standard everywhere? These things are super common here in Europe.
Not in the US, I've never seen one in person.
Trust me, there are still many households with three super old two knobs style. It's just impossible to get a usable temperature with them.
I got mine from Aldi for 40€. It works perfectly and turns easier than some of the expensive models at my friend's house.
I found cheaper options too, but decided to go with ikea because they offer replacement ceramic cartrige which is apparently the only thing that can break on these mixers.
You might want to have the mixing gasket replaced in your shower. It’s responsible for mixing hot and cold water in your shower and can be the culprit of your shower being too hot or too cold. They have a limited lifespan and need to be replaced eventually
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This makes a lot of sense because my shower is too cold Right untill last half inch of motion Then is goes to too hot
My shower has its own favorite temperature and will slowly readjust itself to it.
Get out of my shower!
That's my shower!
It's OUR shower now, comrades.
Japanese showers for the win: temperature is written right there on the nob for many.
Isn't there a physical limit to solving this problem? For me the problem is typically, that the water in the hot pipe has cooled down, so the first few seconds/half a minute it slowly rises in temperature until finally the pump of the boiler sets in to pump actually hot water back into the system. Only then can I reliably find a temperature mix that stays stable.
And when you get it right, it oscillates between nice and somewhat cold :(.
