I'm helping a friend who had her house remodeled a few years ago. In the guest bath room, which is seldom used, we recently discovered only hot water comes from the bath/shower faucet. This is my first experience with such a faucet and after removing the fauect knob & wall plate, it looks like the rough faucet has 2 built in shut off valves (1/4 turn) that operate with a flat blade screw driver. At least that is how the hot water side works. There is no cold water flow whatsoever. I know anything is possible, but I am wondering if there is any merit in removing the faucet cartridge and also disassembling the cold side shut off (requires removal of a snap ring) to see what I can see. Is there any exerperience out there that would suggest a newly installed shower rough facuet( Moen) might have an inheient problem (ie bad shutoff valve, cartridge of valve not drilled open, etc)? Tracing the cold water supply is going to be difficult because this bath is part of a house addition. I just want to priorize easy things first. Comments & suggestions please.
Thanks, FJK
Thanks, FJK