Hello All,
I have a leaky hot water valve in my tub from an old faulty stem. The old stem is a Pfister (9h-8h/c). I purchased a new one, installed it and it stilled leaked. When I removed the new one I noticed the plastic end piece just passed the end rubber seal was broken. Went and bought a second new one and installed it. This time making sure I cleared out all the old stem materials from the piping in the wall. Still leaked with the second new one and upon removing it, another broken plastic end. I thought this was a pretty straight forward fix... (great to be a naive non-plumber) It is my understand that there is not a separate seat for this type of stem. Any thoughts on what I am missing? Thanks for any feedback/suggests.
I have a leaky hot water valve in my tub from an old faulty stem. The old stem is a Pfister (9h-8h/c). I purchased a new one, installed it and it stilled leaked. When I removed the new one I noticed the plastic end piece just passed the end rubber seal was broken. Went and bought a second new one and installed it. This time making sure I cleared out all the old stem materials from the piping in the wall. Still leaked with the second new one and upon removing it, another broken plastic end. I thought this was a pretty straight forward fix... (great to be a naive non-plumber) It is my understand that there is not a separate seat for this type of stem. Any thoughts on what I am missing? Thanks for any feedback/suggests.