Questions tagged [mixing-valve]
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Revamping an old underfloor heating system
I live in a house that was built in the late 80s and for the past few years I've been working on making it more efficient.
The underfloor heating system works great, but never had any thermostats nor ...
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Can 3-way diverter valve be mounted other way round?
I bought a home with the following installation:
From the right side warm water goes in up and cold water goes out down. On the left side there is connection to the underfloor heating.
All great, but ...
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Shower Cartridge Identification
Can anyone help identify this shower Cartridge? There are no visible manufacturer identifiers on the cartridge or the rest of the components. “0088 7 A450" appears to be stamped into the little ...
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Why is my shower faucet not stateless?
The faucet handle for my shower has one degree of freedom (rotating either clockwise or counter-clockwise) and does not allow controlling flow independently of temperature. The handle turns clockwise ...
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What is this brass plumbing device on my pex supply line?
This morning, my garden tub sprung a leak at a failed compression fitting. In the process of figuring out what I need to fix it, I found this device. What is it, and do I actually need it? Could it be ...
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Why were the cold and hot water lines tee’d in this shower rough valve?
I am replacing the shower rough valve for my tub/shower and the inlet lines were tee’d with a vertical section of pipe and capped off. Why was this done and do I need to do the same thing when I go to ...
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low hot water pressure from just the shower
My hot water pressure is about half that of the cold.
This is what I've checked/done so far:
Not the heater tank: The tub adjacent the shower has great hot water pressure
Not the shower head: The ...
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How do I repair this pressure-balanced shower valve?
We have 3-year-old shower with a "pressure-balanced" valve that is suppose to keep us from getting scalded when someone flushes the toilet. It worked fine for a while, but now temperature ...
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Thermostatic cartridge stuck
I have a brand new thermostatic concealed cartridge in my shower. THERMOSTATIC CARTRIDGE FOR CVD CONCEALED SHOWER VALVE PRE-JANUARY 2015. When trying to remove it to recalibrate it, the outer brass ...
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Kohler shower mixing valve cartridge replacement
I'm struggling to figure out what cartridge goes with this mixing valve assembly. The trim is Kohler T161117-4A-CP-FB which is discontinued. I assume this doesn't necessarily mean that the cartridge ...
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Would using two mixing valves increase flow rate over a mixing and diverter valve?
We're redoing our bathroom. I'd like to have a tub spout, two body jets, and shower head.
Original Plan
My original plan was to have the hot and cold water lines come into a mixing valve, run a line ...
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Remove Price Pfister shower cartridge
I'm trying to replace a Price Pfister single handle (avante?) shower valve.
I've unscrewed the chrome nut that is on the outside, leaving what I believe to be a washer surrounding the valve stem. But ...
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Are recipes for render expressed by ratio of weight or ratio of volume?
I'm currently mixing render to cover ugly brick walls in my front garden.
Let's say I want to use this recipe for the top coat, just for an example:
Cement 1 parts
Lime 1 parts
Sharp Sand 2 parts
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How to remove round screw from shower handle
I've tried all kinds of (16) Hex Keys
SAE: 1/16", 5/64", 3/32", 1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4"
Metric: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6MM
but nothing fits these ...
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Why does my boiler inlet pull hot water from the outlet?
Last month we installed a Lochinvar NKC199N, using LP Gas. Attached is a picture here for the reference. We have 4 zones, but let's forget about the other 3 zones as I am having issue with one zone ...
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Mixing valve mineral buildup cleaning
Is there a chemical way, preferably by soaking, to remove mineral buildup from mixing valve parts, which would make it unnecessary to do tedious brushing? Also, do you think it is possible that ...
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