On Aug 28, 12:17 pm, samster wrote:
If you get a good plumber it should go well

Clark

As luck would have it .. I dont have the ball valve. I have the other
type with a stem and a knob that must be rotated a few times to shut it
off

It cost almost $300 to replace and determine that ... THAT wont fix the
"trickle".

Its gonna cost more to break open the tiles, install an access panel and
replace the guts with a ball valve

I don't understand why he would need to break anything open, but if he
does, it may not be too big a sacrifice to have a reliable shut off
valve (ball valve). Is it somewhere highly visible?
And for nearly 300 to fix the stem valve he ripped you. Find a
different plumber.