Hello,
Amateur here, hoping to gain a bit of knowledge. I have a Riobel thermostatic valve
I have a 3rd floor shower that isn't as hot as I'd like. We have a tank water heater in the basement with an anti-scald mixing valve.
I just did an experiment. I turned off the valve leading into the water heater and turned on all the hot faucets and showers. They all ran dry except for the 3rd floor shower, which had a half-force stream of cold water, even though the fixture knob was turned as hot as it can go.
Does this sound like a problem with this shower fixture? For what it's worth, this shower has the two knobs - one for temperature and one for on/off.
Does this sound like a problem with hot-cold water crossover? (Not sure, since all of the other taps had no water coming out.)
Either way - is replacing the shower cartridge the way to go?
As a secondary question - the 2nd floor shower wouldn't output any water at all when the hot water was shut off. Even with the knob set to cold. I can't quite figure out what's going on there.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Amateur here, hoping to gain a bit of knowledge. I have a Riobel thermostatic valve
I have a 3rd floor shower that isn't as hot as I'd like. We have a tank water heater in the basement with an anti-scald mixing valve.
I just did an experiment. I turned off the valve leading into the water heater and turned on all the hot faucets and showers. They all ran dry except for the 3rd floor shower, which had a half-force stream of cold water, even though the fixture knob was turned as hot as it can go.
Does this sound like a problem with this shower fixture? For what it's worth, this shower has the two knobs - one for temperature and one for on/off.
Does this sound like a problem with hot-cold water crossover? (Not sure, since all of the other taps had no water coming out.)
Either way - is replacing the shower cartridge the way to go?
As a secondary question - the 2nd floor shower wouldn't output any water at all when the hot water was shut off. Even with the knob set to cold. I can't quite figure out what's going on there.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Last edited by a moderator: