Starting total bathroom remodel:

[oldberkeley]

Tested plumbing, no leaks, looks good.

One Big Problem:

For some reason, my water heater is no longer filling up with cold water!?!?

Everything turned on, was working fine before.

 

[oldberkeley]

Correction to last post:

Maybe it is filling with cold water, I can't tell.

But no hot water in house. Pilot light lit, all supply lines open.

 

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[Jadnashua]

If you don't have the cartridge installed in the shower valve, hot and cold will mix, disrupting flow because of the internal cross-over.

 

[oldberkeley]

I had in the grey "test" cartridge that came in the unit.

I off the supply lines and installed the regular cartridge. Hopefully that will do it.

Thanks!

 

[oldberkeley]

Very Minor Question, Just Wondering:

Any tips/tricks for screwing in a new chrome shower arm?

I'm going to wrap the threads a few times with Teflon tape AND put some pipe dope on them.

Is hand tight enough? If not, how to prevent damage to chrome?

Is there some sort of actual "standard" for how far the arm screws into the drop ear elbow? TIA

 

[Jadnashua]

For an average person, the bend in the shower arm is plenty of lever to get the thing tight enough not to leak. Worse comes to worse, stick a dowel of something into the end and use that extra length to get it around one more time, or to get it to line up where you want.

 

[oldberkeley]

Jim- Thanks much. It's that "one more time around" middle ground that's got me worried, I'm never quite sure where to stop!

I'll give it a try, worse comes to worse I'll just back 'er out and try again. -Gary