From: bruce2bowser@gmail.com   
      
   On May 25, 10:36 am, "" Whatever wrote:   
   > I have a shower stall with a single control knob that controls on\off (pull   
   > out for cold and push in for off) and hot\cold (left for hot, right for   
   > cold).  The temperature setting on the gas-fired water heater is on the   
   > "normal" setting.  Other faucets in the house seem to produce a lot hotter   
   > water when they run with only hot turned on.  For a year or two now I've had   
   > to keep the combination hot\cold on\off handle almost all the way towards   
   > hot to keep the shower hot enough for a decent shower.  I finally removed   
   > the round knob and the escutcheon plate to see what it looked like.  There's   
   > a very small retangular cutout in the tile and the only thing that's visible   
   > are the two holes that mount the escutcheon plate.  The diameter of the   
   > place where the knob mounts is a little bigger than the diameter of a   
   > nickel, and it appears to have what looks like the same type of fitting as   
   > with a garden hose valve when you remove the wheel handle - it looks simply   
   > an on\off function - I didn't seen anything that looks like other mixing   
   > valves that I've seen in pictures - nothing that looks like any adjustment   
   > screws or the like.   
   >   
   > Is this a situation where I simple remove and replace what the control knob   
   > attaches to?  When I go looking for replacement parts, what's the proper   
   > terminology?   
   >   
   > If it's going to involve removing tile and all that, I can learn to live   
   > with it.   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
      
   A relative in Georgia says that five or six months ago, suddenly one of the   
   showers started only running hot water. Should I call the Georgia state   
   AFL-CIO? How do I find out the name of the last plummer who was there?   
      
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