My shower head won't turn off after I removed the valve and put it back in.

[Teresa]

Hello, I'm a DIY person and I'm having trouble turning off my water to my shower head.
My problem started when I was cleaning the shower. I knocked the shower arm and the arm started leaking. I turn off the water and removed the threads with a nipple extractor.

Replaced the shower arm and removed sediment from the shower head.

Nothing came out so I removed the valve.

I cleaned the valve of sediment and noticed the O ring is a little mangled so it does leak a little bit from there.

But when I turn the water back on to the house, the shower is constantly on and won't turn off when I move the handle cold or hot.

I plan to get a new valve tomorrow morning but I'm trying to understand why it won't turn off.

I'm not entirely sure what brand it is, its nothing I could get from my neighborhood Lowes. My house is about 15 years old.

 

[Smooky]

Maybe the stem was not opened when you screwed it back into the valve. It should be opened so you can tighten the stem fully into the valve.

 

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[hj]

YOu could have dropped some parts before you reinstalled things. THere is absolutely no way to tell what COULD have happened without knowing the make and model of the valve.