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shower valve, please help identify

Author: caster5610 (NM)

I have a shower valve that has gone bad. After removing the handle and taking the mixing valve out i found the mixing valve case cracked. The issues is that there are no manufacturing stamp to help identify were i can find a replacement part. The only marking on the chrome is SA. The mixing valve has a white stem red ring and a green cap, 1.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall. There is a marking on the valve 09.10.OSH. I have been to H.D and lowes both have not been of any help. Some one told me the part looked like a kohler mixing cartridge but none of kohlers are not wide enough to be the part I need. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: shower valve, please help identify
Author: Wheelchair Any change you could take a picture of the shower valve and face plate with handle? Best Wishes

Re: shower valve, please help identify
Author: caster5610 (NM) I will take a picture and add it on Monday but the handle, face plate and copper pipe behind the shower have no marking other then SA and are the most generic I have have seen. I need to find what brand this is because I can not cut a hole behind the shower and replace the entire piece.

Re: shower valve, please help identify
Author: jimmy-o (CA) Literally there are probably a hundred cartridges that look almost exactly like that. Not knowing the brand name makes it very difficult. You could browse this website: www.alfanoplumbingparts.com

Re: shower valve, please help identify

Author: hj

The shape of the sealing gasket eliminates a lot of possiblities, and the shape of the stem narrows it down further. The companies do not typically "make" the stem so several companies may use the same one. Yours looks like it could be one of the following, which all seem to be the same. Using a stem catalog you may find one of these brands in it to compare yours with. Concentrate of appearance, not necessarily color. But, colorwise, it appears yours is a T&S valve stem.

B&K
E-Z Flo
Franke (old style)
Harden (out of business)
Paini

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Re: shower valve, please help identify
Author: LemonPlumber (FL) sorry of the twenty two I have on the van none are numbered inside the packaging as yours is.As said post a picture of the trim?I guess better by looks sometimes.Age ?though Ibet under five years.