Hello,
I'm just a regular person with no plumbing experience but I've been doing DIY repairs at home for simpler stuff.
I have a Grohe Atrio style valve in the shower. The bottom valve controls on/off to the handheld shower head, the top valve controls on/off of the overhead shower.
The temperature valve doesn't adjust temperature, the temperature stays very hot no matter how it's adjusted.
I wonder if the "mixer cartridge" needs maintenance or replacement, but I'm not sure what model the valves are so I can't find any diagrams.
Here are some photos.
Can I safely try to take the mixing cartridge out without turning off the supply to the whole house? I see some videos that can isolate the hot/cold supply to the mixer before servicing but I'm not sure how to do that on this model.
Thank you in advance.
Huge apologies: My original post said the top valve controls on/off of water, and top valve controls diverting between handheld and top shower. This was incorrect. The bottom valve controls on/off of the handheld shower, and the top valve controls on/off of the overhead shower head.
I'm just a regular person with no plumbing experience but I've been doing DIY repairs at home for simpler stuff.
I have a Grohe Atrio style valve in the shower. The bottom valve controls on/off to the handheld shower head, the top valve controls on/off of the overhead shower.
The temperature valve doesn't adjust temperature, the temperature stays very hot no matter how it's adjusted.
I wonder if the "mixer cartridge" needs maintenance or replacement, but I'm not sure what model the valves are so I can't find any diagrams.
Here are some photos.
Can I safely try to take the mixing cartridge out without turning off the supply to the whole house? I see some videos that can isolate the hot/cold supply to the mixer before servicing but I'm not sure how to do that on this model.
Thank you in advance.
Huge apologies: My original post said the top valve controls on/off of water, and top valve controls diverting between handheld and top shower. This was incorrect. The bottom valve controls on/off of the handheld shower, and the top valve controls on/off of the overhead shower head.
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