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Getting hot water when shower valve is first
If I understand correctly, you have single handled shower faucet.
Normally there is a wait for hot water to arrive at faucet.
But now hot water is already at shower faucet.
Single handled faucets have a mixing area inside valve where hot and cold come together before going into sink.
This mixing valve can have crossover where the hot and cold can pass through to each other even when faucet handle is off. When single handle faucets get old, this can happen.
How it happens:
For example another faucet is turned on inside house, and pressure differential between hot and cold causes hot water at shower handle to pass through mixing area and into cold water line.
So if another faucet has been run, then that lets hot flow to faulty single handled shower faucet.
To confirm this is the problem: turn on other faucet and put ear against shower faucet to listen for moving water.
This condition may also signal there is a water leak.
The problem is not harmful, but will draw cold water into water heater each time, and is energy wasteful.
Replace faucet or have plumber repair problem.
Set water temp
remove the handle, find the plastic disk with teeth, pull out disk and turn to left for hot, right for cold, set disk back in place, then replace the handle, repeat as necessary.
How do you remove the handle to replace valve?
Unscrew top button. Using a phillips screw driver remove handle retaining screw and work off handle.If it leaks under the handle you need to unscrew the top cap, use a strap wrench to hold the body and tighten the brass retainer ring with an adjustable wrench. Or remove the ring to replace the cartridge.
GT529-YPk faucet leaking
If this is a new installation, shut off the water supply to the faucet and dismantle to get at part number "974-074" under the handle. It probably has some debris from theinstallation caught up in that part.The exploded diagram with that part number is here:http://s7d1.scene7.com/is/content/Pfister/ex-529-03If you download the document you will need to add ".pdf" to the extension as this was omitted- (it is just a computer thing)
Just purchased the Price Pfister 42-YP. The hot
Hi, David pressuming the water flow was good before you put in this new tap, then other than a problem with the tap! have you checked if you have an isolater valve on the pipe work under the unit, if so check that it is fully opened?
Thanks Paul.
I can't connect the cold water inlet connector
Hi Jose,
Can you describe the 2 lines coming in? Also, could you provide the make and model of your faucet. Do you have pex tubing for your incoming water or other type of line?
Please describe more fully. Thanks,
Handie Andie
The spray handle works but
wow need a new faucet?? NO just kidding
Ok the water not running out of the faucet. that is the screen on the end of the spout, just un screw it clean it and your good to go.The leak on the spray, pull the spray out and run it and look at the connection right there on the handle.
if there is no leak, get an other person to run the sprayer and you take a flash light and look up at the bottom of the faucet.and see if you can see the leak from there. The hose should attach to a brass section coming out of the bottom of the facucet, It may be it just got loose and you need to re tighen it. Now yo will need a basin wrench to do that . If yo dont have you you can buy a cheap on ( which is all you need) from a hardware store,
Also if you take your hand and feel around the the bottom of the sink where all the pipe come down it might be the fauect itself.
Good hunting be safe protect your eye
Tom
There is a knocking sound
when plumbing knocks and shakes the fittings I never seen it being the fauect causeing it. What it sounds more like that you have a loose pipe in the wall. That will bang every time the water goes on and off.
All single handle faucets are quick shut off which does not help to stop the bang. It makes it worst.
Try at first to turn off the water to the house, then open every fauect in the house and on the out side. I know it sound nuts, but this is what you are doing. when a house is bulit they install an AIR CHAMBER this is no more than a section of pipe 12 to 24 inch long with a cap on the end.
This traps air inside, you can compress air but not water so this acts like a shock absorboer that stops water hammer.
Now turn the water back on and then tirn off all the open fauects. If it stil does it you might have to open a wall and strap down the pipe work. also get some flex water supply lines for the lav faucet this will let the pipe move without making any bang soounds
I have a problem with
Yes I can tell you, there is a fitting inside the faucet its call a divertor. When you use the spray handle it clicks over and makes all the water that was going to the spout go to the spray handle.
If you did not have this jsut think how it would work with half the water going to rach side. I don;t know how old your fixture is but it may just have gotten some lime or and other drop of trash inside the faucet.
Turn the water on cold only open full, kinda rapid fire the trigger to make the water jump back and forth for about 3 mins. This may jar lose the junk and stop it from doing what it is doing. If that does not fix it the faucet needs service
best of luck
Tom
My price pfister tub and
remove the cartridge and replace it with a new one. They have cams and pistons inside that out of the blue the cam does not work and then you get only hot or cold water.
Best of luck Rich
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