Anyone on here good with plumbing?
My shower has a pretty steady drip out of the faucet. I've replaced the faucet itself and the cartridge where the handle turns on. No dice.
Today, I took it all apart and cleaned all the surfaces that mate together, and rubbed Vaseline into the O rings. It did not solve it. I watched YouTube videos on the subject and they all say to replace the cartridge.
Is there some reason it could bey shower head letting in air to the line or something? It's the detachable kind and I took it off the hook which temporarily stopped the dripping. We have pretty hard water, and the shower head has some calcium buildup.
What's my next move?
Does it stop if you lower showerhead below faucet?
Just went and tried it. That doesn't seem to make a difference anymore
That maybe not an immediate thing. But the switching thingy between faucet and shower (if you have it?) can get calcium build up, which prevents it fully closing and the water from shower hose slowly drips through it into faucet.
It never stops. I've tried emptying the hose out. I just don't know how it can get a source of water to even drip if the new cartridge is supposed to stop all water flow until the handle is turned. I even checked the valve to make sure it was closing all the way. There's a set screw in a piece of plastic that looks like it was meant to position the valve to allow it to stay open, and I fiddled with that a bit.
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Thanks for the info! The set screw was never actually able to touch, so I guess the hot water was always on full bore
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Kohler.
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Doesn't say unfortunately. I replaced it a while back and it didn't work so I gave up. My wife wants me to revisit it and see if I can fix it