Uberhaus Shower Panel Repair

[@stevenl.5490]

Almost 4 years later and your video is still helping people. Thank you!

[@DalCerise]

Thanks for the vid! Can't believe how much you can find on KZbin nowadays. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Cheers!

[@yvespaquette5937]

Thanks for showing how to remove the thermostatic cartridge. I fumbled around for several hours trying to remove it, but I didnt know about the small screw you have to remove to pull the cartidge out. Your video saved my day. My cartridge was very stiff, but after 2 minutes in CLR diluted 1:2, it was very easy to turn and it worked without problem. Before I cleaned it with CLR, I ordered another cartridge as a backup from the Mecanair web site, and my order was shipped the following day without any problem. I did not inquire about the warranty, but anyway I did not have a receipt (bought 7-8 years ago), so I had to pay $63 + $15 transport + taxes.

[@michaeldonovan7138]

I agree, great tip on the set screw. I never would have found it. Also, thanks for the tip on cleaning the cartridge with CLR solution. After 5 minutes soaking in 50% CLR, the cartridge looked like new and worked great.

[@hrantsetrakian9238]

Thank you for sharing this, I rebuilt the thermostat once by cleaning it and re-lubing it with plumber's grease and it worked good for about a year but I think I may have to replace the thermostatic valve this time.

[@gentory]

_This quite normal problem for the thermostatic valve used in the area with hard water, this is really useful vedio!_

[@lenkiatleong]

Nice video. The hoses that connect internally to all the fixtures and mixer/diverter are 1/2" inner diameter and they are great. However, i suspect that the cold and hot flexi pipes are of 1/4" inner diameter which are the bottleneck of this whole panel system. You probably will enjoy greater water flow if you replace them with 1/2" garden hoses which have larger bore or any flexi pipes with 10mm bore.

[@victorsalinas4490]

Where can I purchase the cartridge?? I call the Canadian place and is no longer in service , thank for your video is real helpful 🙏🙏🙏

[@shanshi8244]

Thanks so much, that is exactly what happen to me as well

[@mykiBoy]

glad it helped. thanks for taking time to comment!

[@Limitless1717]

Thanks for sharing man! Same thing happened to me!

[@jhead9065]

Put a towel over the shower drain in case you drop the set screw. Thanks for sharing.

[@apas9433]

mykiboy thanks for sharing this video. I tried to open the thermostatic valve but the small set screw slipped inside the valve. The knob itself is not coming off even though I tried to push it with a screw driver. My question is how to retrieve the small set screw and how to remove the knob. Reason I am trying to open the hot/cold control knob is that 1) it doesn't work properly, either I have very hot water or luke warm water. 2) It doesn't turn all the way to the coldest setting.

[@djeskandalo8394]

just had the same problem thank you, i will save me some money. great video thank you for sharing.

[@michelfiliatrault9546]

Hi really helpful video - the thermostat part is there a part number ? Where do you get it from ? Thank you very much

[@Nadiadwala5]

Excellent, Thanks so much, that is exactly what happen to me as well

[@apas9433]

For further clarification, I have Pfisterer panel 016-651SP and the set screw inside is removed using a hex key

[@yourboymj922]

Hey what is the screw called from the handle that you removed?? My screw is like pushed in and i cant tighten the handle

[@Wanducamp]

Rona store?

[@crazycanadian2560]

you had the blue dv valve or the grey green one before the replacement?

[@tanyinliang1986]

How can I tell my brand? Thanks.

[@georgelu3465]

Hi I have a water leak from the back of this panel. It seems that water is leaking from the area around the flow valve. Do you think I should replace the catridge (diverter valve)? I do not know why the water leaks from there

[@mikepaulucci6682]

Does the shower itself just lift off the wall?

[@raymondchung7789]

Does anyone know where to find this thermostatic valve part other than Mecanair. 7517-lc-jm600 is the model number.

[@Mykasan]

can a beginner do this repair?

[@terje1974]

thanks :)

[@JT-ic9mp]

Was removing the panel required or could you have replaced it from the front?

[@mykiBoy]

I don't think you can access the screw at 14:23 without taking the panel off the wall

[@kgm2182]

No need to remove the panel. You can access the set screw at 8:50. It's easy to miss this screw so people tend to go much deeper into the plumbing than necessary.

[@stevenl.5490]

@@kgm2182 Thanks for the helpful tip! While the screw could be seen in my unit, it wasn't necessarily accessible because it was further back. Luckily I had a hex key with a ball end, allowing me to unscrew it at an angle. The key removed a bit of material from the plastic shower column, but the area is hidden, so who cares. Saved me from having to disassemble everything.

[@marcaube1832]

Where did you order the part? I'm not getting hot water.

[@cubanisimo29]

How much was the parts and how often do you have to fix it?

[@mykiBoy]

they didn't charge for replacement part but took couple months to get it shipped to me. have not replaced again since

[@cubanisimo29]

Thanks for your quick response..but how long you had it before your had to fixed?

[@mykiBoy]

@@cubanisimo29 it came with the house I bought, so don't know how long prev owner had it

[@jayavish4924]

We have a similar shower unit but the water knob diesnt turn off water. With some trial and error we got it to close now but we are unable to find the 43mm shaft diverter valve. Mecanair (the distributors of Uber Haus parts in Canada) say that this part is discontinued. Does this mean our shower column has to be tossed?😞

[@NickDariusGolf]

Did you ever find the diverter valve? My UBERHAUS shower column needs a new one, same one as you mention and described above in video

[@danielcote4888]

Amazon

[@geraldinesantiago]

Our volume water gauge is acting up. The dial for the flow of water is not turning off where it normally turns off at 12 o'clock. It turns off at 3o'clock in the dial. How can we fix this problem?Thanks in advance.

[@mykiBoy]

Remore the set screw on the dial, pull the chrome dial handle out, turn it 90 degress and put it back on. To see where set screw is, and how to disassemble the chrome dial handle, watch the video again, good luck!

[@karimamurji8083]

Where can I get the parts? Thx

[@321gogoman4]

Thanks for the upload! I have that problem with the diverter valve, so I called Mecanair and I was told that I need to provide a receipt inorder to get the cartridge replaced under warranty. How did you manage to get around that?

[@mykiBoy]

Think I just got lucky back then. Mecanair was not easy to deal with. Other companies like Moen has lifetime cartridge replacement without need for receipt, I guess Uberhaus doesn't have such policy.

[@sspoooooonn]

Juste emailed mecanair with a picture of my rona receipt and got the thermostatic valve delivered from purolator within 2 days for free!

[@PhilippeAndreTrottier]

Man this screw is a pain to remove….

[@onecoolstorybro]

Thanks, same thing happened to me and needed to replace the thermostatic valve (i.e. hot/cold cartridge). Likely will NOT be buying this brand again tho, kinda low quality.