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    How to unstick the stop valves of a Moen shower?

    Is there any merit behind the idea of using a freezing agent? I was thinking to try one of these pharmacy products to freeze foot warts, even though I don't think they can sell the liquid nitrogen treatment.
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    How to unstick the stop valves of a Moen shower?

    Hi Terry, thanks for the great diagram with the part numbers! So, do you think there is no way to make the two stop-check valves operational without damaging them? I would just need to briefly close them for the time necessary to substitute the cartridge. I also bought the cartridge puller...
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    How to unstick the stop valves of a Moen shower?

    Hi John, the heart of my dilemma is that for the water shut off I need a full week of advance notice and I have plans to leave for vacation before then. If I caused a leak, I could request an immediate emergency extraordinary shutoff but at that point I would need to replace way more than the...
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    How to unstick the stop valves of a Moen shower?

    I am not trying to remove the stops, just to close them to cut the water flow while I substitute the cartridge. In the worst case, I will have to request cutting the water to the three apartment column, but I'd rather avoid that if I manage to get the stop valves operational.
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    How to unstick the stop valves of a Moen shower?

    Hello, I need to substitute the cartridge of my old Moen pull-out shower handle that has become so hard to push back in that in the last attempt I broke the faceplate. The problem is that I live in a condo and I can't switch off the water to my apartment without affecting the whole column (which...
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