How To Fix A Shower That Won T Turn Off
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| Author: Anonymous User i hope someone can help me--i've never seen anything like this before and am not sure what's going on! i got out of the shower tonight, turned the water off, and started puttering around the bathroom. imagine my surprise when the water suddenly came back on! oh, i thought, i must not have turned off the faucets all the way. so i tried to do that... except they were already all the way off. the small trickle then became a full-on shower... even though the faucets were still off. i tried turning them "on," then back to the off position. no such luck. the water kept coming out. my roommate came in and tried; she didn't have any better luck. i have no idea what's going on, but i can't stand the thought of wasting all this water, though i don't know what to do to stop it. i live in an apartment building, so i can't kill the problem at the source (valve or water heater), and our super isn't great about responding to things (plus it's midnight). please help? |
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| Author: steve (CA) If the water supply to the valve can't be shut off, the shower head could be removed and the shower arm capped. The pressure build up in the valve might cause the stems to leak water past the bonnet seals though. |
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| Author: Dunbar (KY) Sounds like a seat washer crumbled and broke up and now there is no way to shut water off. Call a plumber. Or the Maintenance of the building. They will get the water shut off one way or another. |
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| Author: Anonymous User If this is an apartment building, do the valves have stops built into them that can shut down each individual unit for the night or a couple of hours? Sounds like a washer or seat came loose and is a very easy fix, the harder part is shutting down the system to repair it |
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| Author: Masterplumb (NY) Are there any valves in the bathroom that coming out of the wall. Most apartment buildings have individual shut offs for every bathroom. Chris |
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| Author: e-plumber (NY) Being that it's 7:15 AM in NY, you can call building management in less than 2 hours and let them handle the faucet repair if it hasn't been taken care of by now. Good Luck. e-plumber e-plumber "The society which scorns excellence in Plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an Repair your leaking Plumbing fixtures ASAP [www.theplumber.com] |
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| Author: Anonymous User Wow, That must be nice to have individual shutoffs to every bathroom. If I came across a shutoff valve under a sink, to a toilet,to the tub faucets, or to a riser that actualy worked, I'd faint. I'd be happy just to find one that still had the knob on it. Post Edited |
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| Author: Masterplumb (NY) We usually see them in older apartment buildings. Its usually a 50/50 shot that they hold 100%. Chris |
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| Author: Tony72 (GA) Hello, I'm having the same problem as above. Shower Will not turn off. Thank you. -Tony Edited 1 times. |
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