Ask Me Help Desk - No hot H20 pressure

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Originally Posted by dlynn

I'm "extremely" new at home repairs so here goes... I have a tub w/ a cartridge type (Moen) single handle faucet - it's 20 yrs old-the hot H20 pressure just stopped ( cold water works fine/ & all other hot taps work) I replaced it with a new cartridge -still no luck, I've tried to empty the hot water tank- that was fun - and still no pressure....on other posts I have read that you said to turn the water on and blow out the crud...how do you do that? When I turned the water supply back on the only water that came flying threw was cold...when I replaced the cartridge I saw 2 brass looking valves...what would happen if I turned then?---help --I'm really new at this plumbing stuff..... dlynn

Chill out! Moen valves are the easiest to work on that I've ever come across. The two brass valves located on either side of the valve body where the supplies enter are screwdriver strops. They shut off the water to the valve so you don't have to shut down the house when you work on it.
If all you got was cold water when you attempted to flush out the supplies with the cartridge removed then you must take the hot water screwdriver apart and see if you can get hot water to flow when you turn the pressure back on. If the hot line's still clogged then it's in the pipes and you may need to call in outside help. But not just yet. Try opening up the hot water stop and flushing out again. Good luck, Tom