Only Cold Water In Shower

Turn back on the water supply to the shower.

Only cold water in shower. Test the water to ensure that the cold water is now functioning. As the name suggests the shower mixing valve is responsible for. If all the other faucets in the home are receiving sufficient hot water the problem is more likely caused by a shower component not the water heater.

Lack of cold water is usually caused by a defective pressure balancing valve in a cartridge. Your shower mixing valve controls the water temperature of your shower by blending together cold and hot. If your shower is the only one that doesn t spew hot water congratulations.

With a few inexpensive parts from a plumbing supply store any diyer can get the job done fast. The showerhead mixing valve which regulates the proper mix of hot and cold water is probably broken. The only thing worse than a cold shower is a scorching hot one.

A worn out o ring or a broken cartridge may cause improper mixing of the hot and cold water. The shower valve mixes hot and cold water to give you the perfect temperature shower water. Taking a cold shower is n.

If there s no cold water in your shower you ve come to the right place. Cross connected pipes or a malfunctioning mixing valve can cause the shower to produce only cold water. This often happens with showers that are not used very often or where the water supply is particularly hard or has high levels of contaminants.

If the hot and cold water is reversed after reinstalling the faucet this is an indication that the cartridge was put into the faucet backwards. If you are noticing that you get hot water in all of your other showers and from the rest of your faucets and appliances and you ve ruled out the rsl and a faulty hot water heater and you re still experiencing uncomfortably cold showers your shower mixing valve could be faulty. If your problem wasn t the anti scalding device your shower mixing valve has most likely gone bad and is preventing hot water from mixing properly into your shower water.