Hypersensitive shower knob, Leaking onto ceiling of lower unit.
Hi everyone,
Thanks in advance for anyone's help with this.
I just moved into a second floor condo and was recently informed of a plumbing leak that's causing damage to the ceiling of the condo below me. The condo owner and I ran all the faucets in my place and we discovered that it must be the shower because that's when he hears "dripping" around the area of his damaged ceiling.
My shower knob is also extremely hypersensitive when adjusting water temperature. He informed me that he'd had the same issue and he had a plumber come out and replace the knob cartridge.
We don't know whether the leak problem is related to the sensitive knob problem... but my guess is that it is. So, Ive decided to see if I can replace the cartridge myself (he paid the plumber over a hundred bucks to replace his!). Looking at his receipt, it shows that his knob was replaced with:
part #: 23402 description: Moen Cartridge price: $27.00
Here are pictures of my current knob. It is a single knob, just one for hot and cold.
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I appreciate the help/advice, thank you very much.
Emily
*Edit*
More information:
We don't hear "dripping" when running the tub... just the shower.
Also, we noticed that my shower head pulls away from the wall very easily.
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