Hello,
I'm trying to help an elderly neighbor with a bathtub problem, and since I'm just an amateur when it comes to plumbing, I thought that someone here could help.
My neighbor's tub and faucets are the original to the house (built in 1975). He has two bathtubs, but in one, no hot water comes out when he turns the handle. There is a separate handle for hot and cold. He gets hot water fine from the other tub and other faucets in the house.
On this particular faucet, all that he gets is a small drip when he turns the handle.
We removed the handle and looked at the knurled top of the stem, but we didn't remove the stem. From what I could tell, the handle may be "stripped" and unable to turn the stem, but we did turn the stem by hand and still no water came out.
We haven't pulled the stem out yet, because I first wanted to see what others thought the problem might be. We thought that there may be a clog somewhere, but again, I'm just an amateur.
I don't know what make the stem is, but I assume that even though it's almost forty years old, there is a replacement for it.
Thanks,
Louis
I'm trying to help an elderly neighbor with a bathtub problem, and since I'm just an amateur when it comes to plumbing, I thought that someone here could help.
My neighbor's tub and faucets are the original to the house (built in 1975). He has two bathtubs, but in one, no hot water comes out when he turns the handle. There is a separate handle for hot and cold. He gets hot water fine from the other tub and other faucets in the house.
On this particular faucet, all that he gets is a small drip when he turns the handle.
We removed the handle and looked at the knurled top of the stem, but we didn't remove the stem. From what I could tell, the handle may be "stripped" and unable to turn the stem, but we did turn the stem by hand and still no water came out.
We haven't pulled the stem out yet, because I first wanted to see what others thought the problem might be. We thought that there may be a clog somewhere, but again, I'm just an amateur.
I don't know what make the stem is, but I assume that even though it's almost forty years old, there is a replacement for it.
Thanks,
Louis