Genuine Hudson Reed/Ultra/Crosswater replacement Thermostatic Cartridge - SC50T20

Exactly what we needed and arrived in a flash! Very reasonably priced too. Plumber fixed our shower in 20 minutes. Delighted.

My shower had been losing pressure for a long time and, typical of builders everywhere, the thermostatic mixer was not fitted with water isolation valves and access to the mounting screws was blocked by over enthusiatic tiling and plasterboard. This meant either a very involved, destructive job to change the whole mixer, or opting to try this replacement cartridge. The hardest parts of this were: 1) Remembering to turn off the stop cock and drain the pipes (see above lack of isolation valves) 2) Getting the retaining nut off the existing cartridge - this was a ~55mm diameter nut that clearly required a specialist tool that I didn't have, didn't know the name of and didn't want to buy as I am sure it wouldn't come cheap. It was made even more difficult by poor access. I finally managed with a pair of water pump pliers (joint pliers) and a lot of patience. 3) Removing the old thermostat just involved pulling it forward - though this required a reasonable amount of force, so fortunately the mixer housing was well-secured to the wall! Once it started moving, I had to compensate quickly to stop my elbow smacking into the glass shower wall behind me - it comes out with a pop! After that it was plain sailing. As other reviewers have said, the o-rings on the new cartridge were a lot thinner than the originals, so I swapped them over, cleaned and re-greased them, slid the new cartridge in and put everything back together. The shower works a treat - I needed to adjust the temperature setting a little on the new cartridge, but now it's never been better. Fingers crossed it lasts!

It’s a shower thermostat and it works.... review done.

Perfect and did the job. Easy fitting. No more drips from this part. Replaced the on off and mixer at the same time. Great.

Worked perfectly and very good price.

Does not regulate hot and cold water … either cold or hot not thermostatic control … at least on my one

I would recommend in every way

Shower mixer stopped adding hot water to the mix, so in order to save a few hundred potential pounds for a plumber I undid three collar nuts and replaced the old thermostatic cartridge with this one. Hot water mixing achieved again and lots of money saved!! One thing I would caution against if you do that same as me - make sure you make note of the orientation of the original cartridge else the mixing will go awry!

Livraison rapide. Fonctionne bien. Attention de ne pas le monter à l'envers comme moi la premiére fois. Rotation de 180°. Aprés Ok. Je vais enfin pourvoir profiter de ma douche.

Great replacement Hudson Reed thermostatic valve. Works well.

Passt perfekt und funktioniert.

Installed within a few minutes after having received it, and it worked perfectly.

Réception rapide, matériel de qualité identique à l'origine. Satisfait de ma commande...