I have an older 3-handle system in my bathroom shower: hot, diverter, cold. The water was never quite shutting off all the way - more than a drip, slightly less than a constrant stream. I took the handles off, pulled the valve stem out and took it to Home Depot and matched it perfectly. I took them home and removed the valve seat, put the new valve seat in (I couldn't get the hot water valve seat out but it looked pretty good so I left it), put the new valve stems/bodies in and there's no change. I turned the water on to each handle one at a time and they both still leak. If it was just the one with the old valve seat I could maybe see it but the new one is just as bad.
Any ideas on :
- what I might've done wrong (going to HD notwithstanding]
- how to fix ?
Thanks, p@