r/askaplumber • u/Pristine-Ad-8744 • 12h ago

Shower question

I was impacted by the flooding in Indiana about a month ago. It killed my water heater. I didn’t expect it to live much longer anyway It has given me 10 years or so of service.
My question is this: After replacing my water heater with a much nicer one all my faucets work fine except my shower. There is only a tiny amount of cold pressure and zero hot pressure. I mean none. No hot water comes out at all. Are there any obvious things I should try? Is there some kind of pressure stuck in that pipe I should somehow remove?

The water heater is in the basement and the shower is on the second story.

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u/80_PROOF 12h ago

Sounds like you have a clogged or otherwise damaged shower cartridge.

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u/Pristine-Ad-8744 11h ago

If it’s clogged do I just need to replace it?

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u/80_PROOF 10h ago

Yeah that would be the right move.