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Moen shower control problem
Hello,
I've just installed a single lever Moen shower control...the problem is that the control actually "sucks' back into the assembly resulting in no or little water flow when the control is set to midway between hot and cold. Any insight on this one? TIA AJ |
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Moen shower control problem
if it were me, and i just bought it, i'd take it back.
randy "AJ" wrote in message om... Hello, I've just installed a single lever Moen shower control...the problem is that the control actually "sucks' back into the assembly resulting in no or little water flow when the control is set to midway between hot and cold. Any insight on this one? TIA AJ |
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Moen shower control problem
AJ,
I've just installed a single lever Moen shower control...the problem is that the control actually "sucks' back into the assembly resulting in no or little water flow when the control is set to midway between hot and cold. I just finished installing some Moen shower faucets myself. One of them was like yours, just a trickle of water. I fixed the problem by disassembling the valve, and cleaning out the little pressure balance piston inside. Probably just clogged with plumbing debris. Once it was cleaned and reassembled, it worked fine. Since this is described in the installation instructions, I assume it's a fairly common problem. Oh, one other possible cause, the handle could be on upside down. Anthony |
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Moen shower control problem
HerHusband ) said...
AJ, I've just installed a single lever Moen shower control...the problem is that the control actually "sucks' back into the assembly resulting in no or little water flow when the control is set to midway between hot and cold. I just finished installing some Moen shower faucets myself. One of them was like yours, just a trickle of water. I fixed the problem by disassembling the valve, and cleaning out the little pressure balance piston inside. Probably just clogged with plumbing debris. Once it was cleaned and reassembled, it worked fine. I would suspect that as well. Moen's instructions describe flushing out the water line with the cartridge removed before using it for the first time in order to avoid this. -- Calvin Henry-Cotnam "Never ascribe to malice what can equally be explained by incompetence." - Napoleon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: if replying by email, remove the capital letters! |
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