I arrived at the house on the fourth successive Saturday morning – toolkit in hand once again.
But this time I had the *second* replacement mixer cartridge component.
Honour needed to be restored!
I slumped in to the bathroom, shut off the water and
removed the faceplate
removed the water flow control
removed the outer temperature control arm
removed and dismantled the mixer control gears
cut the waterproof sealant, and removed the backing plate from the wall.
Using the same BluTack and long screwdriver Mission Impossible technique, I carefully removed the screws on the brass cover.
Then I worked the mixing cartridge out of its seat and through the tiny gap.
I put the new cartridge in to the backing plate.
It slid straight in.
I reassembled the shower.
The BluTack/Mission Impossible/gynaecologist/watch-maker/screws through a tiny gap thing was more nerve-wracking than ever.
My hands shook.
With everything back in place I switched the mains water supply back on, put water back in the system and…
Listened to the…
Nothing.
Silence.
No dripping at all.
I adjusted the temperature and water flow, then turned the shower off.
Nothing.
Absolutely zero drippage.
Elapsped time on this visit?
90 minutes.
Honour restored.
And the shower owner thinks I’m pretty bloody magnificent.
Next time, no matter how pretty the face, no matter how distressed the maiden?
She can get a plumber.
Seriously.
(to be never continued)
Well done that man! Unfortunately, your time of 4 weeks puts you outside the medal positions for the Individual Dripping Shower Time Trials but remember it’s the taking part that counts.
Yeah, what Dave said 🙂