Replacement for a mira excel shower valve

[mutley racers]

Anyone got a good recommendations as a straight swop at a good price. For a new cartridge and Oring set it's £190. So if I can get a valve for this price which has 150mm centre compression connections would be better. Cheers fellers

 

[lame plumber]

last one I swapped was £90 you need to shop round mutts

 

[mutley racers]

last one I swapped was £90 you need to shop round mutts

£90. Is that from online then? This was from Mira

 

[lame plumber]

from my local independent merchant last year, purple insert

 

[Ray Stafford]

I think you'll struggle to get it for £90. Merchant cost is over £100 + VAT.

However, shop round the internet, and you will probably get about £130 inc VAT but maybe a few quid delivery.

Still worth it though. If you gave me the choice between a second hand 10 year old Mira Excel, and any brand new shower on the market today for less than £150, I'd take the excel.

 

[lame plumber]

was a year ago and sorry plus vat, just assumed that every one would add the vat, merchants always assume that when they quote 🙂

 

[basildog]

I think you'll struggle to get it for £90. Merchant cost is over £100 + VAT.

However, shop round the internet, and you will probably get about £130 inc VAT but maybe a few quid delivery.

Still worth it though. If you gave me the choice between a second hand 10 year old Mira Excel, and any brand new shower on the market today for less than £150, I'd take the excel.

How do you rate the Aqualisa 609 then ?
Again the price for them seems to vary by a huge amount ?

 

[Ray Stafford]

How do you rate the Aqualisa 609 then ?
Again the price for them seems to vary by a huge amount ?

We haven't stocked Aqualisa for about 20 years, so my experience of them is a bit dated. When I saw the change from the brass bodied Mira 723 (or its fore-runner the Leonard 722) my feeling was that they had cheapened it, and the that the Excel would never last. However, I reckon it probably the most durable and reliable valve that we have ever sold. Not cheap mind.

 

[tolly]

I think you'll struggle to get it for £90. Merchant cost is over £100 + VAT.

However, shop round the internet, and you will probably get about £130 inc VAT but maybe a few quid delivery.

Still worth it though. If you gave me the choice between a second hand 10 year old Mira Excel, and any brand new shower on the market today for less than £150, I'd take the excel.

Me too, The excel is a great valve, they also work brilliantly on gravity systems. The 609's seem to go though cartridges too much for my liking.

 

[samwilko]

Don't get rid of the excel, bite the bullet and change the cartridge. Brilliant showers compared to some of the stuff you get now.

 

[stevetheplumber]

mira excel everytime for me works and doesnt fall apart in 2 years mine in doors is 15 years old and works great