A Carter
New Member
Hi, I have a shower issue that has so far stumped three plumbers and myself. It started with a plumbing company coming out to fix a leak with our shower valve, after which, we could only get water flow to our tub spout and not up to the shower head. I started by removing the shower head and still nothing. Replacing the cartridge got me nowhere as well. Looking at the valve, I noticed some metal in the top opening.
I told the company about this issue and they sent someone out to try and fix this issue. He tried opening up the top hole by drilling out the metal to allow water to flow but still nothing. He then tried heating the top solder joint thinking maybe there is solder clogging the pipe going up but that didn’t help either. I just tried to thread a wire down the shower pipe from the opening in the wall and it goes down to just above the valve opening before getting stuck. I also flushing water through the pipe towards the valve and I just get a trickle coming through slowly. Any ideas of how I might be able to salvage the valve or am I going to have to get it replaced?
Thanks in advance!
I told the company about this issue and they sent someone out to try and fix this issue. He tried opening up the top hole by drilling out the metal to allow water to flow but still nothing. He then tried heating the top solder joint thinking maybe there is solder clogging the pipe going up but that didn’t help either. I just tried to thread a wire down the shower pipe from the opening in the wall and it goes down to just above the valve opening before getting stuck. I also flushing water through the pipe towards the valve and I just get a trickle coming through slowly. Any ideas of how I might be able to salvage the valve or am I going to have to get it replaced?
Thanks in advance!