Repair procedure
As with the repair of any plumbing, before working with a shower cabin, you need to turn off the water in the apartment. All work will take place within an hour. If the bathroom has a collector-type wiring, it will be enough to turn off the valves responsible for supplying water directly to the shower. Then the rest of the plumbing can be used normally.
Remove the cap hiding the fasteners of the lever device (it is located on its front part). Unscrew the screw behind the plug and you will have full access to the lever. Next, you should dismantle the lever itself. Sometimes this is difficult due to the scale accumulated on its surface. To facilitate the process, pour boiling water from the kettle on the jammed lever. Hot water will cause the metal to expand and the part will come off easily. After that, it remains only to unscrew the clamping nut that fixes the cartridge and dismantle it.
At this stage, it is useful to carry out a small maintenance of the mixer. Take a good look at it. If necessary, clean from accumulated scale and limescale. Check the condition of the seals. If they are wrinkled or damaged, immediately replace them with new ones, otherwise after a while you will have to re-repair the shower faucet yourself.
And only after making sure that everything is in order, start installing a new cassette:
- screw a new cartridge onto the clip;
- fix it with a clamping nut;
- reinstall the crane lever;
- fix the front panel with a screw;
- mask the fastener with a plug.
After finishing work, connect the water and test the shower cabin in all possible modes. Check the tightness of the mixer connections. If leaks are found, try to tighten the existing nuts to the maximum. Actually, if everything is done correctly, no problems should arise.
How to replace the whole faucet?
There are situations when replacing the cartridge does not solve the problem. Most often this happens due to a failed thread of the mixer elements. You can detect this either after disassembling the lever tap, or after replacing the cartridge. In the first case, the problem will be visible visually. In the second, it turns out that replacing the element did not help restore the shower cabin to working capacity.
Only the installation of a new mixer can help here. It’s worth taking it on your own only if the owner of the bathroom has already dealt with similar work before. If experience is not enough, it is better to invite a specialist.
Before starting the process, you must also turn off the water supply to the shower. If the plumbing is installed close to the wall, it is worth pushing it slightly before starting work. This will provide access to the main elements.
Then remove the covers that hide the fasteners of the front panels of the device and unscrew the fasteners. Removing the front panel gives access to the mixer itself. It is necessary to disconnect the water supply hoses from it, then remove the product from the fixtures, install a new one and assemble the shower in the reverse order. You also need to remember to check the tightness of all connections and the integrity of the gaskets.
The most difficult thing in replacing the mixer is the disassembly of the hydrobox. Sometimes it has to be dismantled almost completely just to get to the right part. If the cabin has a complex structure, it would be best to involve a specialist in this operation.
If the shower cabin was bought relatively recently, you should contact the company that sold and installed it. Even if the plumbing warranty has already expired, it is likely that the owner of the bathroom will be recommended by a competent specialist who will fix the problem.
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Cartridge replacement process
To do this, you need to prepare the necessary tools in advance: you will need a set of screwdrivers, as well as a gas wrench (you can use an adjustable wrench as a replacement).
By and large, the repair of such mixers is impossible. Even professionals simply replace a broken part with a new one. In other words, repairing a shower faucet is within the power of anyone who has a set of tools and a spare part.
Install the faucet and assemble the shower cabin in the reverse order.
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The video will demonstrate the process of repairing the faucet from the shower cabin:
A shower cabin with all its filling usually seems to be an extremely complex unit. Therefore, in case of any breakdown, the first thing that comes to mind is the call of a master for repair. In fact, everything is not so scary at all. For example, any householder who has ever dealt with plumbing in principle can repair a shower cabin faucet with their own hands. We'll tell you how to do it.
How do you know if repairs are needed?
Most often, the following malfunctions occur in hydroboxes:
- leaks at the joints of the mixer parts;
- violation of the order of water supply (ice instead of hot and vice versa);
- breakage of the control handle, making it impossible to turn the water on or off.
All these breakdowns can occur both on cabs that have been in operation for some time, and on new devices. The reasons are usually errors in the installation of the device, increased water hardness or violation of the operating rules. But it is quite possible that the problem was provoked by a common manufacturing defect. This, alas, is not uncommon. In any case, the occurrence of such symptoms clearly indicates the need for repair of the lever crane.
Features of the design of the shower faucet
Before you start repairing a shower faucet or, as it is also called, a lever faucet, it is worth understanding its design. It is quite simple: a plastic cartridge is installed in the body of the device, through which water is distributed. To fix this element in the body there is a cartridge holder - a part with internal and external threads. And the fourth main structural element is a diverter, screwed with a nut to the water distributor socket and responsible for the water supply.
How to choose a replacement cartridge?
You can buy a replacement cartridge (cassette) in large plumbing stores or in companies that sell shower cabins. Professionals recommend repairing the mixer using original parts. But this is not critical.If you can’t find a cassette of the same brand, you can always pick up an analogue from another company.
The main parameters to consider when choosing:
- distance between the axes of the part;
- number of modes (holes);
- overall diameter;
- stem height.
These data can be measured independently using a ruler or peeped in the instructions for the shower cabin. And you can do it even easier - take the damaged cartridge with you to the store and ask for help from consultants. Having a sample in front of him, the specialist will be able to choose the right part for you.
