nc8861
New Member
I have no clue about plumbing, which you may notice from my lack of proper terminology and poor explanation, but I'm relatively handy and hope I can do this myself. We're redoing our bathroom and I've redone electrical and framed out a wall, and put in a pocket door.
Anyway - after removing all wall material and tile, etc., there is a small drip-every-half-hour-or-so leak coming from where the hot water supply hooks into the shower valve/assembly/thing-a-ma-jig that the shower handle used to attach to. This is upstairs - I have of course a hot & cold coming up through the plate, then they bend towards each other and join at this valve/assembly/thing-a-ma-jig, which heads up towards the shower head.
First - does the whole valve thing need to come out for new shower fixtures (the old one is about 30 years old).
Second - if not, then what is the best way to stop the drip leak?
I'll post another question in another thread regarding the drain/flange.
Anyway - after removing all wall material and tile, etc., there is a small drip-every-half-hour-or-so leak coming from where the hot water supply hooks into the shower valve/assembly/thing-a-ma-jig that the shower handle used to attach to. This is upstairs - I have of course a hot & cold coming up through the plate, then they bend towards each other and join at this valve/assembly/thing-a-ma-jig, which heads up towards the shower head.
First - does the whole valve thing need to come out for new shower fixtures (the old one is about 30 years old).
Second - if not, then what is the best way to stop the drip leak?
I'll post another question in another thread regarding the drain/flange.