HOW DO I: Replace a shower valve cartridge? | Features
There are times in life when you may experience a leaking shower valve and you wonder how you might be able to repair it. Well, today’s article might shed a little light on that project. If working with plumbing and water-related issues is too uncomfortable for you, I suggest you call your local plumber of choice and hire them to do so. If, however, you are a die-hard do-it-yourselfer, I know that advice will go in one ear and out the other. There are many brands of shower valves in this world, and each brand has slightly different detailed measures of how to go about replacing their cartridge. On top of that, each brand itself has different models that may differ slightly, but the general principle is the same. The brand I am going to explain today is the Moen brand. It is a very common shower valve that many of you have in your showers, so if you have one in need of repair and you have never done it before, you are in luck. If you have another brand that is a bit different, then ma...