Shroomster
fixture inept
OK hello, here are the basics of my situation:
- bought a remodeled house in 2005 (built in 1979 i.i.r.c)
- shower fixtures are MOEN single handle CLOCK DIAGRAM (with off being @ 6:00, cold @ 3:00 & unbearably hot at 12:00 & 9:00)
the past few months the cold water has been working only from about off to 5:30ish with everything past that being warm to hot. I had no problem with that.
then the cold water would begin getting warm after about a 5-10 minute shower.
I talked to MOEN reps on the phone and they said that I have a'posi-temp'
pressure balance cartridge in the showers faucet, and I should replace that.
so I turned off the water to the house (no shut offs indoors), turned the handle to 12:00 because the set screw was corroded and needed to be extracted, removed the old cartridge and placed the new cartridge in with the 'HC tab' facing up. reinstalled the handle @12:00 and turned it back to 6:00/off.
from this point on we get about 2-4 minutes of cold water then it gets luke warm.
the water in all the faucets around the house have cold and hot with no problems like this.
--I have taken the cartridge out at least twice and flipped it so the 'HC tab' was facing up/down opposite the last position I had it in and nothing changed.
--Did I miss something or do something wrong?
- bought a remodeled house in 2005 (built in 1979 i.i.r.c)
- shower fixtures are MOEN single handle CLOCK DIAGRAM (with off being @ 6:00, cold @ 3:00 & unbearably hot at 12:00 & 9:00)
the past few months the cold water has been working only from about off to 5:30ish with everything past that being warm to hot. I had no problem with that.
then the cold water would begin getting warm after about a 5-10 minute shower.
I talked to MOEN reps on the phone and they said that I have a'posi-temp'
pressure balance cartridge in the showers faucet, and I should replace that.
so I turned off the water to the house (no shut offs indoors), turned the handle to 12:00 because the set screw was corroded and needed to be extracted, removed the old cartridge and placed the new cartridge in with the 'HC tab' facing up. reinstalled the handle @12:00 and turned it back to 6:00/off.
from this point on we get about 2-4 minutes of cold water then it gets luke warm.
the water in all the faucets around the house have cold and hot with no problems like this.
--I have taken the cartridge out at least twice and flipped it so the 'HC tab' was facing up/down opposite the last position I had it in and nothing changed.
--Did I miss something or do something wrong?