Confused E
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Hi. I have a single shower valve with a slow drip on the hot side of the shut off valve, please see attached picture. The body of the valve has "7105" on top.
I am wondering if these shut off valves can be rebuilt, perhaps a rebuild kit can be purchased from a local hardware store? Or am I majorly SOL where I have to replace the whole shower valve?
Back story:
Originally I needed to change the cartridge. Since I live in a condo complex, I didn't want to shut off the whole unit's water source. I decided to shut those two valves off in order to replace the cartridge, and there was no leaks in the hot and cold shut off valves. Now with the hot side of the water all the closed, I noticed water slowly coming out from the area where it has the internal thread. The whole shower valve is rather old, ~20+ years.
Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
I am wondering if these shut off valves can be rebuilt, perhaps a rebuild kit can be purchased from a local hardware store? Or am I majorly SOL where I have to replace the whole shower valve?
Back story:
Originally I needed to change the cartridge. Since I live in a condo complex, I didn't want to shut off the whole unit's water source. I decided to shut those two valves off in order to replace the cartridge, and there was no leaks in the hot and cold shut off valves. Now with the hot side of the water all the closed, I noticed water slowly coming out from the area where it has the internal thread. The whole shower valve is rather old, ~20+ years.
Any help is much appreciated, thanks.