I can answer that for her. Yes they are. No it’s not cockeyed.When you open up the valve, are the notches exactly at 3:00 and 9:00, or are they cockeyed?
Her handle has been ruined or was defective from Delta. I’m going with the first one.
I can answer that for her. Yes they are. No it’s not cockeyed.When you open up the valve, are the notches exactly at 3:00 and 9:00, or are they cockeyed?
Well that looks beautiful. I guess it's just the interior valve then.I just finished this one about an hour ago. Looks similar to yours.
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That's exactly what we've done. Yes, there is only one way the handle slips on to the brass fitting. What is strange, is that the last trim kit handle was aligned correctly. Why would this one not be? It just doesn't make sense to me. The cartridge, however, does not fit straight into the valve. The holes in the valve are slightly angled so the cartridge has to be turned to fit in. Is that normal? Maybe the valve was installed incorrect? But that still doesn't explain why the last handle fit correctly.
Her stem is in the proper orientation for the off position. I just went out to my shop and got a cartridge and a rough valve. Look at the pics.The OP is saying the cartridge has to go in crooked.
That would explain the crooked handle.
But they are also not cooperating well with questions and answers.
they are cockeyed. They're at 2 and 8 instead of 3 and 9. Thanks all for your comments, appreciate the help figuring this out.When you open up the valve, are the notches exactly at 3:00 and 9:00, or are they cockeyed?
Take a pic from the front, please. Is that the same valve you posted a pic of earlier ? In this pic I can’t see the spout.,they are cockeyed. They're at 2 and 8 instead of 3 and 9. Thanks all for your comments, appreciate the help figuring this out.
How do you explain the spout being straight below the valve as it should be ? Pex ? Better not use pex fir a spout drop if you have a showerhead above, which she doesn’t.The valve body might be poorly supported in the wall, not properly attached to blocking.
Or just barely attached.
And if the piping is pex, that would give no real support or resistance to twisting, unlike copper or other rigid piping.
So the valve body looks to be twisted off of plumb, which explains the goofy handle position.
And the square trim plate looks a little off, and might be fudged to hide the screwed up valve orientation.
Evading the point ? Did you read post 28 of mine ? The bottom part ?You are evading the point that the valve body obviously is twisted, which is what I proposed in post # 8.
No I edited 30 minutes ago and you posted 16 minutes ago.,Sorry, I missed your gold medal award, maybe you were editing?
Also, I have been bouncing all around on other sites and not paying full attention here.
Thanks for the props!
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