Mystery Tub/Shower Valve

[Dave Keller]

I'm trying to identify a valve for repair. It is dripping from the end of the cartridge, behind the handle.
It's a 2012 vintage.

 

[Dj2]

Turn the main off, remove the cartridge and take it to a plumbing house, not HD, for identification.

If you have shut off screws in the rough in, turn them off instead of the main.

 

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[Dave Keller]

Turn the main off, remove the cartridge and take it to a plumbing house, not HD, for identification.

If you have shut off screws in the rough in, turn them off instead of the main.

It doesn't have isolation valves. I didn't want to have to shut down the house water for a day while I treked around for a day looking for a new cartridge. That's why I was hoping someone would recognize the valve.

 

[PlumbSolve]

Most likely just a 40 mm cartridge.Unlikey to be a stepped cartridge so i would just measure the OD to make sure its not a 32mm .

 

[hj]

There is a LOT MORE to a cartridge comparison than just the O.D.

 

[PlumbSolve]

There is but on shower cartridges they are usually flat and not raized.Most cartridges in my country are very similer. We seem to be very similer to Europe so I cant comment about the States but from the look of the cartridge it has that look of a common cartridge. There is only one way and that is to take it out . Sometimes just nipping up the retaining nut can stop a leak on a cartridge from my experience. The o rings may not be making proper contact on the body.