Quack
New Member
Hello everyone,
Here's the story; I had a leaky Moen shower faucet, so I replaced the cartridge. While at the big box store, they had 2--the brass and the plastic. The salesman said either would work, but he said if unsure, go brass, so that's what I bought. After I got home, I removed the old one (which was a lot easier said than done.)
The old one was plastic--probably installed in the 90's as far as I could tell.
Now that's its working, I read a few forums, and people are saying that the plastic is better because it doesn't corrode as bad--especially if you have hard water. Considering how hard it was to remove the plastic one, I'd hate to have to remove a corroded brass one...
So should I go back and replace my brand new brass cartridge with the plastic? I do have hard water, but I have a softener... For $15, I'm open to replacing it...
Here's the story; I had a leaky Moen shower faucet, so I replaced the cartridge. While at the big box store, they had 2--the brass and the plastic. The salesman said either would work, but he said if unsure, go brass, so that's what I bought. After I got home, I removed the old one (which was a lot easier said than done.)
The old one was plastic--probably installed in the 90's as far as I could tell.
Now that's its working, I read a few forums, and people are saying that the plastic is better because it doesn't corrode as bad--especially if you have hard water. Considering how hard it was to remove the plastic one, I'd hate to have to remove a corroded brass one...
So should I go back and replace my brand new brass cartridge with the plastic? I do have hard water, but I have a softener... For $15, I'm open to replacing it...