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Nov 10, 2008, 05:09 PM
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Dripping Kohler Shower
I have a Kohler Shower (single controller) that is leaking. I replaced the cartridge but it continues to leak... I checked the water pressure in the house and it is 65... what am I missing?
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Home Repair & Remodeling Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:08 PM
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65 is high but not high enough to cause a good fixture to leak. I would install a pressure reducing valve to get the pressure down to around 45 psi but you'll still leak. Where exactly is the leak, out of the shower head or around the mixer?
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:12 PM
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Sorry, it is leaking out of the shower head
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Home Repair & Remodeling Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:14 PM
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OK that means you cartridge is allowing water to get through even when its closed. Remove the new cartridge and grease it with silicone jel or plumbers grease and the leak should stop. Grease the inside of the valve body too. If it still leaks you make have a scored or scratched valve body
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:16 PM
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Sorry for my stupidity, what am I greasing on the cartridge? And what is the valve body?
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Plumbing Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:17 PM
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Does it leak 24/7 or just for a while after you have shut the valve off.
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:19 PM
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24/7 and the rate slows when I flush the toilet that is in the same bathroom
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:19 PM
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Please answer mygirls question. You grease the seals, they are the black rubber things on the cartridge. The valve body is the brass hole you stick the cartridge into.
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Plumbing Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:23 PM
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You said you replaced the cartridge. Pull it back out and put grease on the whole cartridge(lightly), then grease the part that you took the cartridge out of . I agree with ballengerb, sounds like you may have a scored valve body. How is your water? You may have buildup in the valve body that need to be removed.
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:26 PM
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I will do that and check for buildup... I live in FL so our water has lots and lots of minerals. I will not be able to get to it until later this week so I will post if that does not work... thank you
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Home Repair & Remodeling Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:28 PM
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When you pull that new cartridge look inside that brass hole, valve body with a flashlight, you will see the build up, if any, as a white crud.
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:35 PM
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On top of Bob's recommendation one other thing you need to do, when you remove the cartridge turn on the water for a few seconds it will flush any remaining debris inside the faucet, good luck.
John
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Plumbing Expert
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:39 PM
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Ball and af are giving you great instruction, do these things, and let us know if it helps(pretty sure it will.)
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