My shower has 3 knobs & the spout. The diverter (that turns from spout to shower) is in center of shower wall between hot & cold knobs. I've checked to ensure the diverter knob is fully turned onto shower. Is it difficult to fix/replace when the diverter isn't on the tub spout?
Shower – Why is hot water coming out of the faucet but the shower is ice cold? (Diverter not on spout)
faucetshowertub
Related Topic
- Plumbing – Shower periodically loses hot water, and then the bath faucet will be scalding
- Plumbing – How to replace shower / tub handles / spouts
- Shower – My shower doesn’t turn on when I turn the diverter
- Water – Why is the hot water in the tub fluctuating between hot, warm and cold
- Shower – How to stop water from coming out of the shower head even when the diverter valve is shut on the tub faucet spout
- Shower diverter turns but doesn’t divert
Best Answer
If you get warm water out of the spout and cold water out of the shower head, then I sounds like you've isolated the potential problem to the diverter (only other thing that comes to mind is some kind of water pressure based issue, but I can't think of where that would happen on the hot water side only since you have separate hot/cold knobs).
Since this is after the hot/cold knobs, you can probably fix this problem without even shutting off the water, just place something over the drain (don't want to lose a screw), disassemble the diverter, see if it's just an o-ring or dirt, and if not, replace the entire part (take the old one to the hardware store to find an exact match).