Get Au Thermostatic Mixing Valve Commissioning And/or Maintenance Report 2011-2025

TMV Servicing is needed “Where the risk assessment considers fitting TMVs appropriate, the strainers or filters should be inspected, cleaned, descaled and disinfected annually or on a frequency defined by the risk assessment, taking account of any manufacturers' recommendations.”

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Therefore to counter this prospect TMVs necessitate thorough and timely servicing (a minimum of once every 12 months if not more often, depending on the outcome of initial risk assessments and/or being compliant with manufacturer guidance) to afford end users the reassurance that the device is doing its job properly ...

Life Expectancy With routine maintenance, a thermostatic balancing valve is expected to operate for 15+ years. If maintenance is required, then the preassembled cartridge containing the control components can be removed from the valve body for checking, cleaning or replacement if required.

Measure and record the mixed water temperature to ensure it is between 39°C and 43°C. Perform an in-service TMV failsafe shut-off test, isolating the cold water supply. Isolate each TMV and clean, descale and disinfect valve components and fine mesh strainers.

Examine each TMV to identify if the correct specification valve is fitted, good accessibility and if isolation valves are fitted. WATER TEMPERATURE. Measure and record the mixed water temperature to ensure it is between 39°C and 43°C. TMV FAILSAFE TEST.

A properly installed shower valve should serve you well for a long time. Even if you live in an area with hard water that causes limescale build-up in your appliances, you can expect to have a shower valve work well for about four or five years.

Sometimes, water can't run through a TMV freely because parts of its valves are gummed up with debris or scale. Older valves might also suffer from corrosion which blocks them up.

Therefore to counter this prospect TMVs necessitate thorough and timely servicing (a minimum of once every 12 months if not more often, depending on the outcome of initial risk assessments and/or being compliant with manufacturer guidance) to afford end users the reassurance that the device is doing its job properly ...