Shower leaking when turned on more water runs down the outside of the hose connecting the head than runs down the inside

Open up the shower head so its open put heat it to room to help defrost lines . Or use a blow lamp on line to defrost or use heat tape

No tape is needed. As a matter of fact, taping the threads will make it harder for the swivel nuts on either end of your hose to tighten down and seal on the black washers that are supposed to be inside those nuts. It's exactly the same as a garden hose connection. No tape required.

If it only happens when you turn the water to the shower on, it must be a problem with the piping after the valve. Take the shower arm out and wrap it with Teflon, it could be as simple as leaking threads. It could also be a leaking/poorly soldered copper fitting, or even a defect in the enclosure itself.

when he soldered the connections on these pipes.. he may have partially blocked the flow with solder inside..if its restricted up to 50% then its a hell of a pressure loss..hot water is always lower in pressure anyway..also take the shower head and dunk in a clr solution it may have calcium deposits inside the small plastic orafices in it..

I understand that the white vac breaker end should be connected to the valve not the hand shower. FYI a little leak from this connection when the water is switched off is normal.

if the water is leaking out the head, unscrew the head and put thread tape on arm of shower were the male thread is and make it tight again, if the arm ... unscrew the arm and put thread tape on the male thread of the arm and screw into feamale thred that is an the wall. if not 1 of those are the problem , clarifi and all give u a solusion

Hello there:
if this is in a older house i would remove the shower head and see if it continuse to leak the substance (rust more than likley) if so i would have the water heater checked to see if the coil inside might be rusting out and starting to fail if there is no substance leaking when the head is off i would inspect the condition of theshower head and see if their is particles inside of the shower head.
clr is a good chemicle for cleaning the internals of the shower head . ok?
i hope that this has helped you out please let me know by giving my solution a rating ok?
best regards michael

Sounds like your outlet at the top has clogged with grit/dirt. Turn the shower off, remover the entire shower head hose from its base (where it screws into the wall or pipe. Turn water back on. If you get a steady flow (as you should) the problem is isolated to the shower head/hose. Detach the shower head from the hose and clean the screen inside, attach hose back on first, try water again, if this flows then your blockage is in the head itself. After removing and cleaning the screen inside the shower head, reattach and run water, this should fix your problem, if not, you may need a new shower head. If the water will not flow to the outlet pipe alone, either your shower switch is broken or you have a serious plumbing problem.

hiit sounds as though the diverter valve is sticking in the mid position although you have turned it to the floor spout as you call it!!
Also it sounds as though the seals are possibly leaking causing the plasterboard (drywall) to get we, or possibly a joint may be leaking. Advice access the pip-work valve etc run shower & check with torch (flashlight) to see where its coming from?
Rectification work replace seals/repair leak...replace diverter valve assembly.

Kindly

Richie (UK)