This valve leaks. I can't quite figure out how much, but I'm pretty certain it's my culprit. There have been a couple of times I've gone downstairs and water is dripping quite rapidly out of several of the subfloor cuts. Looking up through the holes, there is water apparently coming from the upper edge of the tub. But the virtual flood doesn't happen all the time. It's happened twice in 2 months. I thought maybe my daughter was dumping water someplace where it would get behind the surround, but I've determined that not to be the case.
So tonight I took the valve plate off and noticed drips coming from the valve. Not sure if there are times that it runs harder and times where it doesn't drip at all, but it had a steady drip tonight - but still less than what was running downstairs. Of course it had been shut off and messed with prior to taking the valve plate off.
So, can I replace anything on this to stop the drip? It's behind a surround/green board on this side (seen in pic) and behind cabinetry on the other side of the wall, so cutting a hole isn't practical. It appears there are little tabs where the two notches are, at the top and bottom. Are those releases to take out some inner assembly which can be replaced?
Thanks for any information!
So tonight I took the valve plate off and noticed drips coming from the valve. Not sure if there are times that it runs harder and times where it doesn't drip at all, but it had a steady drip tonight - but still less than what was running downstairs. Of course it had been shut off and messed with prior to taking the valve plate off.
So, can I replace anything on this to stop the drip? It's behind a surround/green board on this side (seen in pic) and behind cabinetry on the other side of the wall, so cutting a hole isn't practical. It appears there are little tabs where the two notches are, at the top and bottom. Are those releases to take out some inner assembly which can be replaced?
Thanks for any information!