American shower handles - the beginning of the end

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[–]ukromeo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know if there's a connection, but recently I had to fix a shower faucet that works with a single handle.

The handle wouldn't shut off the water -- a problem I never had before in my life. I ended up having to remove the cartridge inside the faucet area, and putting in a new one. A real PITA. I wonder if this is a problem unique to single handle faucets, or if I would have had the same problem with a double handle system anyway.

On a related note, last year I had to repair a fridge that was only 4 years old. The fan that cools the interior had broken down, and I had to replace it. Again, never had a problem like that before in my life. Apparently, as I found out, this is a common problem in fridges today.