I changed the showerhead in my shower now the hot water valve will not shut off all the way. Besides replacing the valve is there any way of stopping the water. There is no shutoff valve for the hot water pipe (except for the one for the entire house).

First Showerhead has nothing to do with hot water valve will not shut off all the way , you have problem with your shower valve hot side, please tell us the brand and the model number of your shower valve and we will tell you what your problem is and see if you have a shut off valve for a cold and hot at the valve, Thanks.

John

The shower is a Sears shower where the entire piping system is seen. It has one Valve Apparatus for both hot and cold. Doing any repairs should be relatively easy I was kind of hoping that it was not going involve "cutting and pasting"!

Can you post a piture of this valve? Thanks.

John

Unfortunately no... it has two entry points for the hot/cold water on the outside of the stand alone shower stall, the posts go through the shower wall for the knobs on the inside of the shower and then there is another pipe for the showerhead (again on the outside). It is a very primitive shower...

So the shower valve has 2 handles or 3 knobs, in any case you have problem with the hot side stem you need to remove the stem and replace the washer at the end of the stem, see the image below will give you an idea what I am taliking about this is for 3 knobs the midle one for diverter good luck.

John

I am guessing the stem turns counter-clockwise out of the post like a sparkplug... if it doesn't want to budge, will I need to heat it up... my brother-in-law put it in so I have no idea... thanks

If your stems looks like in the pictures above yes you need to turn it counter clockwise and you have to shut the water to your valve (close main S/O valve) and also you would need a deep socket see the image, good luck.

John

I have tried using a crescent wrench and hammer (banging the crescent wrench) with no avail... will this deep socket wrench provide better torque?

Hi Chuck,

Yes the deep socket will be better.

Make sure that your stem looks like in the picture above and it not deferent type if it is I would suggest to apply some WD-40 on the nut and threads let it soaked for a few minutes and try the deep socket, once again if it is possible to post a picture will be better that we will see advice you accordingly, Thanks.

John