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Pressure Balancing Last Updated: 03/25/2010 |
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Pressure balancing is the ability to maintain an even amount of hot and cold water supplied to an outlet. Pressure balancing is often used in shower valves to prevent drastic temperature fluxuation when there is sudden change in water pressure. Have you ever taken a shower, and when someone flushed the nearest toilet is caused the water temperature in the shower to get suddenly very hot? This is because the shower valve you were using is NOT pressure balancing. When the toilet is flushed, it takes cold water away from the shower in order to fill the toilet tank - resulting in a sudden drop in pressure from the cold supply. In classic two handle tub and shower setups, there is no pressure balancing and you will most likely experience this problem of temperature change. Today there are pressure balancing valves designed to eliminate temperature change due to pressure loss and prevent scalding from hot water. We offer a wide variety of Symmons Pressure Balancing Shower Valves for remodels and renovations. Symmons pioneered the pressure balancing, anti-scald shower valve in the 1930's and continues to offer the same exact quality today. With over 70 years of manufacturing, we always recommend Symmons as our first choice in pressure balancing. |