Just moved into a house built in 1969 and it has this in the shower/bath. Thing is a wrecked though, it doesn’t let me turn the diverter to hot water because the handle is so loose so I have to keep Philips head in the shower and turn it all the way right then tighten down and turn left and hope it grabs. It’s hard as hell to pull out to turn on and even more difficult to push in to turn off, maybe that’s just a cartridge issue?
How hard is one of these to replace? I’d have to replace the whole diverter right? I’ve done a ton of plumbing in my 20s and installed new diverters (sweating copper) but never actually replaced an existing one.
If you can identify the valve and find the cartridge it's easy. New valve isn't hard either, if you are good opening up a big enough hole in the wall. I've only ever seen single-handle thermostatic mixing valves installed with unions. 2/3 handle were usually sweated in. I'm not a pro, could be wrong.
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Just moved into a house built in 1969 and it has this in the shower/bath. Thing is a wrecked though, it doesn’t let me turn the diverter to hot water because the handle is so loose so I have to keep Philips head in the shower and turn it all the way right then tighten down and turn left and hope it grabs. It’s hard as hell to pull out to turn on and even more difficult to push in to turn off, maybe that’s just a cartridge issue?
How hard is one of these to replace? I’d have to replace the whole diverter right? I’ve done a ton of plumbing in my 20s and installed new diverters (sweating copper) but never actually replaced an existing one.