I recently moved into an older home (1988) and discovered that the hot
water doesn't run in the tub/shower. It runs ok in the sink and also
to the washer that is in that bathroom. I opened the faceplate and
turned the little screws (on/off valve?) but no hot water. When I turn
the knob all the way to hot it seems like its cutting the water off a
little. Could the whole faucet be broken? Or am I overlooking
something? I checked for additional shut-off valves down cellar and
didn't see and additional ones other than the one I turned on for the
hot water for the rest of the bathroom. I'd really like to avoid
calling the plumber on this one if its something I might be able to
troubleshoot.
As always.......thanks for the input!

new england gal wrote:
I recently moved into an older home (1988) and discovered that the hot
water doesn't run in the tub/shower. It runs ok in the sink and also
to the washer that is in that bathroom. I opened the faceplate and
turned the little screws (on/off valve?) but no hot water. When I turn
the knob all the way to hot it seems like its cutting the water off a
little. Could the whole faucet be broken? Or am I overlooking
something? I checked for additional shut-off valves down cellar and
didn't see and additional ones other than the one I turned on for the
hot water for the rest of the bathroom. I'd really like to avoid
calling the plumber on this one if its something I might be able to
troubleshoot.
As always.......thanks for the input!


Not broken. Probably a pressure balance valve inside is stuck due to
corrosion. Can be repaired without wholesale replacement but needs
some disassembly.

Go to Delta's site; they have good repair info:
http://deltacom.deltafaucet.com/wps/portal

Jim

Thanks Jim!

I just replaced the seals inside my delta faucet,
the faucets are pretty straight forward to work with, and you will have no
problem with them, if you have a basic mechanical understanding,
one thing that I would point out though, is that the replacement cartridge
to fix a number of those faucets runs around 50 buck, while the seals are
about 50cents
I found this link very helpful in my case, not sure if you have the same
faucet or not,

http://deltacom.deltafaucet.com/medi...67_v1_4689.pdf


Dave



"new england gal" wrote in message
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Thanks Jim!

Thanks! That link was very helpful! One more question. I'm feeling
pretty dumb about this question but here goes: When I was checking
shutoffs in the cellar I closed the shutoff for the hot water line to
the bathroom then opened it again. Now there is a leak coming from
that knob. Not a big leak but about a drop now and then. Is there
something I can do to fix this? I obviously shouldn't be monkeying
around with plumbing but I didn't think that opening and closing that
knob would hurt anything!
Thanks in advance!

new england gal wrote:

Thanks! That link was very helpful! One more question. I'm feeling
pretty dumb about this question but here goes: When I was checking
shutoffs in the cellar I closed the shutoff for the hot water line to
the bathroom then opened it again. Now there is a leak coming from
that knob. Not a big leak but about a drop now and then. Is there
something I can do to fix this? I obviously shouldn't be monkeying
around with plumbing but I didn't think that opening and closing that
knob would hurt anything!
Thanks in advance!


There should be a hex nut on the shaft just past the handle. Tighten
that nut a bit.

Jim