Timeline for Can a rough-in valve for a tub break?
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| Mar 19, 2016 at 6:22 | comment | added | jgrant | Replace the o-rings. They're cheap and easy to change, and it sounds like they're the problem. The ink test wouldn't show a bad ring. The rubber shrinks and gets hard over time, and only cracks when is really bad. Old rings can leak even if they're not cracked. | |
| Feb 23, 2015 at 0:21 | comment | added | OrganicLawnDIY | @andymcevoy I'm not a plumber so I could be wrong but I've always thought of stem valves as being the old style compression faucet valves that have a rubber washer at the end which seals with a seat in the main valve body. The ceramic disc valves I've always referred to (and seen referred to) as cartridges. They're both valves, they both have stems and they may both even be cartridges for all I know but that's how I learned to refer to them. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 23:29 | comment | added | andy mcevoy | is the cartridge the same as the stem valve? The hot side is the one leaking. Your other comment worries me since the previous owners installed the tile, but it hasn't leaked in the 3 years we've been here so I think it would've been done properly. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 21:37 | comment | added | OrganicLawnDIY | @andymcevoy Just tightening down is all that's required. Make sure the threaded part of the valve body sticks out at least 5/16" above the surface of the tub deck so you can tighten them enough. Is it possible that tile was installed afterwards and it's not high enough? Also is the dripping water hot or cold? Could be that one of the cartridges is bad. Try swapping them and see if the drip temperature changes. Should contact AS and see if they have any input but I think most likely you have a bad cartridge. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 20:03 | comment | added | andy mcevoy | I believe the o-rings are sitting properly, is there anything I should be doing in the installation of the stem valves besides just tightening them down? | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 5:34 | history | answered | OrganicLawnDIY | CC BY-SA 3.0 |