Well, it's a mystery to us - maybe not to a plumber <g>.
We have a stall shower with a hand held shower head - in the master bedroom.
Overnight, and if the water hasn't been used in the house until say, 8 or 9 a.m., the shower head will start dripping. After the water has been used, it will stop.
When my husband gets up at 6 a.m. for work and uses the water, it won't start dripping again until around 11 a.m. - when I sleep in late. Yeah, don't tell me to just get up earlier
If I get up around 9 a.m. and use the toilet in the main bathroom, I will hear a swish sound like the water pressure is high.
We have a water pressure reducer although it hasn't been replaced since we have lived here - over 20 years. Our water pressure has been checked by a plumber in the past and it hasn't been over. We also have a pressure reducer tank (I guess that is the name) on the line right before our gas water heater. We had to have that put in when water company changed lines and the pressure increased so much that it made our tank leak - well, that is what we think.
My question - is our one handle Moen shower faucet just worn out (unfortunately, that was put in by Bath Fitters and we failed to get the model of the faucet so I can't order a free cartridge replacement - which I would do since I have done that with other faucets in the house. The faucet is 5 years old and the models change so often that I can't figure out which one ours is and Bath Fitters told us the incorrect model because it does not match the model picture on Moen's website.
OR is it a water pressure problem? We don't want to replace the faucet (which we don't know how to do and would have to pay to have done - after purchasing it through a place like Home Depot) just to have the problem be too much water pressure making that one leak as well.
Seems strange that the faucet doesn't leak all day while I am here using the water. Maybe it is just the faucet cartridge failing therefore it won't keep the faucet from dripping if the water pressure is the least bit up like it would be when no one is using the water.
Thanks for advice!
Ruby
We have a stall shower with a hand held shower head - in the master bedroom.
Overnight, and if the water hasn't been used in the house until say, 8 or 9 a.m., the shower head will start dripping. After the water has been used, it will stop.
When my husband gets up at 6 a.m. for work and uses the water, it won't start dripping again until around 11 a.m. - when I sleep in late. Yeah, don't tell me to just get up earlier
If I get up around 9 a.m. and use the toilet in the main bathroom, I will hear a swish sound like the water pressure is high.
We have a water pressure reducer although it hasn't been replaced since we have lived here - over 20 years. Our water pressure has been checked by a plumber in the past and it hasn't been over. We also have a pressure reducer tank (I guess that is the name) on the line right before our gas water heater. We had to have that put in when water company changed lines and the pressure increased so much that it made our tank leak - well, that is what we think.
My question - is our one handle Moen shower faucet just worn out (unfortunately, that was put in by Bath Fitters and we failed to get the model of the faucet so I can't order a free cartridge replacement - which I would do since I have done that with other faucets in the house. The faucet is 5 years old and the models change so often that I can't figure out which one ours is and Bath Fitters told us the incorrect model because it does not match the model picture on Moen's website.
OR is it a water pressure problem? We don't want to replace the faucet (which we don't know how to do and would have to pay to have done - after purchasing it through a place like Home Depot) just to have the problem be too much water pressure making that one leak as well.
Seems strange that the faucet doesn't leak all day while I am here using the water. Maybe it is just the faucet cartridge failing therefore it won't keep the faucet from dripping if the water pressure is the least bit up like it would be when no one is using the water.
Thanks for advice!
Ruby