Only hot water cold side no flow Daughter home from college tub /shower in this bath is rarely used. Pulled cover off and checked the flow vave on each side of mixer. both are on , but still no cold water. Could valve be clogged. Cold water in sink and commode are OK
The Moen Posi-Temp Valve is a pressure balanced valve and when not used for long periods of time they can stick causing only cold or hot water to pass through the valve.
A New Posi-temp cartridges can be purchased at most plumbing supply houses or big box outlets such as Lowes or Home Depot.
As long as you had cold water before, a new cartridge will solve the problem. In the future it would be wise to occassionally operate the valve at least a couple of times a month in order to keep the pressure assembly from becoming lodged in position. Just follow the instructions included with the new cartridge on the proper removal of the old cartridge and the installation of the new cartridge. a little silicone grease inside of the valve before installing the new cartridge will also help.
Be sure that there is no particles of the old cartridge left in the valve.
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Moen used to recommend the use of silicone grease but no longer. Two problems which have arisen over the years - silicone grease can find it's way - even in small amounts into the internal valve spool. When that happens it will cause the valve to cease proper operation. Second, if you apply silicone grease to the Moen cartridge it will usually cause the flat external cartridge seals to bind up to the point that the cartridge will become almost impossible to remove.
What happens is the grease, even in small amounts, will cause the seals to catch or bind on the water inlets inside the valve body and when that happens you will have to use a huge force to later remove the cartridge the next time. Sounds funny but this grease is sticky.
The last job I had, 3 cartridges in a row with silicone grease bound up and were non-removable, except with the claw end of a claw hammer. When all grease was removed from the next cartridge and the valve bore, the cartridge seals did not hang on the valve body.
If you view Moen's latest instructions, ver 'H', they have removed the suggestion for grease.
There is no reason to ever buy a Moen cartridge. They will give them to you for free if you call their 800#.
Before inserting any Moen Positemp cartridge, shake it from end to end first. If you do not hear the spool move - do not install it. Instead you can disassemble it and clean the spool, or just install another new cartridge. If the spool is not moving freely, it will not work properly.
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The spool valve, not the cartridge, causes this. It is the large plug with a screwdriver slot just to the right of the main control handle and cartridge.
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