"Lawrence Krist" wrote in message
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"Mark" wrote in message
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I have a 30 year old Moen single knob faucet on my tub with a 'button'
diverter for the shower. The button is a sort of a 'plunger' located just
under the knob that you push in to divert to the shower. It is suppose
to pop back out when you turn the water off.

The tub gets limited use since the kids have moved out and when a visitor
used the tub they reported the button was difficult to push in the 1st
time and never popped back out. I've worked with it to try and get it
working to no avail.

I'm wondering if I can replace the tub spigot with one with a pull-up
diverter so the shower is usable. Will that kind of diverter work with
the Moan faucet? I'd replace the faucet but a remodeling job since it
was put in has made access to replacing impossible from the back, so I'd
have to tear into the tiled wall to replace it. I know I'll have to do
it eventually, but hate to have to do it for this problem since the
faucet itself still works well.

Sure a pull up spout will work fine. That diverter will un screw out of
the valve and can be replaced too. It cost around $30 + or - from Moen. I
just called them on the exact same thing and decided to replace the entire
assembly with a new one.

R

Thanks! I hadn't pulled the face plate off to see if the diverter could be
replaced but thought about it. I have no idea what the model number on this
faucet is, but I have a pretty good plumbing supply store within walking
distance of my house so I may pull it out and see what they can do for me.
Since we don't use the tub often I can even wait a while if they need to
order it.

Thanks again!