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Detailed Valve Leak Assessment

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Shower Leak Troubleshooting For Finding Your Water Leak!

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What happens here

To gain a clearer view of the potential leak source, use a utility knife to carefully cut and remove any excess or old silicone sealant around the shower valve opening. Once the sealant is removed, insert a finger into the opening to physically feel for moisture. Observe the internal components closely for specific drips, especially around screws or fittings. In this instance, moisture and dripping were observed from a screw, indicating a leak within the valve assembly, possibly from a SharkBite fitting or a compromised connection.

Tools and materials

  • Utility Knife

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is right there so I want to see more back here and there's no reason for this drywall to be here it'll actually give us a little bit better View once we get in there so look at that this actually chopped out wrong anyway it should have been a little bit more circular because mixing valve right here actually has isolation valves on it right there and right there well that's nice to know so now we got a little bit of a clear view right there I can actually get a finger in here now and I can feel moisture yeah and I there's definitely a ton of moisture up here coming off of this line it looks like it's a shark bite fitting I don't know I can't 100 tell right here like yes I can 100 tell from right here whether that's a shark bite fitting or not but it sure looks like it the other thing is

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