How do I replace a shower faucet handle?

Lisa Mills
by Lisa Mills

Fix a broken shower faucet handle don’t know the brand

  4 answers
  • Seth Seth on Mar 03, 2019

    Lisa,

    Go by the size, not the manufacturer. Take the other one off that is not broken. Bring them to a plumbing supply store (Lowe's and HD may not have the right size) and see if they can match the size. You'll have to replace both so they match. A more extreme fix is to remove the square escucheon trim, remove the cartridge, and rebuild the faucet with new cartridges, trim and handles.

  • Deb K Deb K on Mar 03, 2019

    Hi Lisa, take that piece you have in your hand to the store and ask a sales associate to give you 2 of them, they mount with a screw as you probably know as you have it in your hand. they aren't too expensive at all, and I found a video to guide you

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rknx5jEy1IY

  • Joanne Joanne on Mar 03, 2019

    see u-tube

  • Find a small plumbing store and take it into them. Our guy looked at it for 2 seconds, knew exactly what it was and where to find the replacement.