# Dripping shower

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dripping-shower/732866>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dripping-shower/732866 "2015-09-28T19:52:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dripping-shower/732866/21 "2015-09-29T05:05:13Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> it’s an “exposed shower valve”.

Excellent! Although, now that will probably never come up in a conversation again. 😉

> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> It’s something you certainly want fixed. It’s not an emergency. […]

Gotcha. Will comply.

Thanks, guys.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dripping-shower/732866/22 "2015-09-29T09:28:04Z")

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In my house, which I own, the dripping was bugging my wife, and I didn’t want to leave a towel in the shower, so I finally got around to fixing it. It’s mostly really easy and only a few minutes work (after you dig your tools out)

Stripped threads dissassembling it, couldn’t get matching replacement parts, had to replace the whole thing, had the water off for a couple of hours while I skiipped work after it came apart (stripped threads), had to buy a temporary part before I got a better part, (so I had to fix it three times), but it’s fixed now.

Agree with the advice. Not necessarily something I would do in a rental property. 🙂

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