HOW TO COVERT A SINGLE MIXER FAUCET TO A DUAL HANDLE?
i have a single lever shower handle that works as a mixer for the hot and cold water to produce the desired temp at the tap. recently i installed a tankless water heater and it constantly sets off error codes because of the single mixer handle confusing it's call for hot water (the manual states single mixers could create problems). i'm looking to convert my single mixer handle to a two lever(one hot, one cold). can this be done without removing the entire fiberglass tub/shower. or is there another alternative to control the temp at the tap instead of really hot then really cold showers
see if you can get access to the back of the shower handle through a closet access panel behind the wall your handle is on. If you can, you'll see a metal fixture at the same height as the handle on the other side of the wall. That fixture is the thing that mixes the hot and cold water. It will have two pipes going in, one for hot water, and one for cold, and only one pipe leading out of it up to the shower head. Those three pipes would need to be disconnected and then you can replace the fixture with one that simply provides two valves that open the flow of water to the shower head in proportion to how much each valve is turned. If you have copper piping, you'll need to know how to sweat a copper pipe fitting, or you'll have to convert to a different pipe below the new fixture. Copper pipe can be connected to plastic pipe by using compression fittings, but I haven't seen any good plastic pipe fixtures for a shower. I would just either learn to sweat the pipes using a book, or have a friend or a plumber who knows how help you out.
Good luck!
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