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Bathroom Spare Parts supplies replacement parts for a long list of discontinued bathroom spare parts UK customers can no longer source from the original manufacturer. That includes Bathstore, Aqualux, Sottini, Jado, Gummers and Chartley Stone, along...

If you’re wondering how to clean a shower cartridge, here’s the simple answer: remove the part, soak it in a mild descaler, and re-grease the seals before it goes back. 

Shower parts names confuse people way more often than they should. The same component can carry three different names depending on who is talking, and the part you can see in the wall may not be the part that has actually failed. 

No. Shower cartridges are not universal. Manufacturer matters, as does the model and valve type too. Even the year your shower was made can decide whether a cartridge fits or not.

The honest answer to how long a shower cartridge actually lasts is “it depends”. But that honest answer helps no one, and so we made this blog to address all the factors that decide the lifespan of a shower cartridge.