Delsin
New Member
Hi,
I came across this forum through Google but I was unable to find a thread pertaining to my specific issue and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I have a three handle shower set up in my bathroom that's about 3 years old now. I had the whole thing set up by a plumber brand new when I bought this house. It always worked great until just recently. When you turn the middle handle half way, that used to stop the water completely. Up is shower and down is bath faucet, obviously.
As of late, when I run the shower I get a stream of water from the faucet and when I run the faucet, low pressure water comes out of the shower head. I'm assuming there's something wrong with the diverter in the middle handle.
Obviously, I'm not a plumber and I'm just picking this stuff up as I go here. I'm a first time home owner and I plan to fix this issue myself unless it's something I can't. Any idea what the issue could be? I don't know if it's possible, but could the trap in the tub itself be a part of this problem? In the tub itself there is a lever to plug the drain. If you flip it up the water is stopped, if you flip it down the water is drained freely. A few weeks ago water was draining very slowly and my kid told me he was flipping that lever up and down a bunch while taking a bath. So I unscrewed the two screws holding the lever and then tightened them again and the water drained freely. This is right around when I started having problems with the diverter. Could the issues be related?
Thank you.
I came across this forum through Google but I was unable to find a thread pertaining to my specific issue and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I have a three handle shower set up in my bathroom that's about 3 years old now. I had the whole thing set up by a plumber brand new when I bought this house. It always worked great until just recently. When you turn the middle handle half way, that used to stop the water completely. Up is shower and down is bath faucet, obviously.
As of late, when I run the shower I get a stream of water from the faucet and when I run the faucet, low pressure water comes out of the shower head. I'm assuming there's something wrong with the diverter in the middle handle.
Obviously, I'm not a plumber and I'm just picking this stuff up as I go here. I'm a first time home owner and I plan to fix this issue myself unless it's something I can't. Any idea what the issue could be? I don't know if it's possible, but could the trap in the tub itself be a part of this problem? In the tub itself there is a lever to plug the drain. If you flip it up the water is stopped, if you flip it down the water is drained freely. A few weeks ago water was draining very slowly and my kid told me he was flipping that lever up and down a bunch while taking a bath. So I unscrewed the two screws holding the lever and then tightened them again and the water drained freely. This is right around when I started having problems with the diverter. Could the issues be related?
Thank you.