so, when you turn the water off at the water heater, the shower dial should know not to output any water when turned all the way to hot (i still don’t understand this). ours was outputting cold water when it shouldn’t, so it was suggested to replace the cartridge. the plumber even said, “it’s easy, i mean, i can do it, but it’s easy.”
so we tried. and tried, and tried. no budging. i didn’t want to end up like this guy, so we put everything back together. now the dial is backwards and luckily, it works better than before.
i can’t wait to redo the whole shower. :/
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