Leaking Shower Head in Sydney
Leaking shower head in Sydney: a few drops after you turn it off is normal, but a drip that carries on until the next shower points to a worn part.
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The short answer
A drip that carries on after the shower is off usually comes from a worn washer, cartridge or diverter behind the wall, not from the head itself.
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Questions and answers
Something upstream is letting water past when it should be shut: usually a washer in the shower taps, the cartridge in a mixer, or the diverter on a bath and shower set. The head is only where the water ends up.
Large heads hold water and drain for a short while after the tap closes. If the drip slows and stops, that is normal. If it keeps going, the tap or mixer behind it needs attention.
Sydney Water counts a tap washer as minor work an owner may legally do. Shower tap washers sit behind the tiles and often have pitted seats under them, so if a new washer has not stopped it, the seat needs re-cutting.
The washer or seal inside the head's connection has perished. It is a small part, and we check the arm's thread in the wall at the same time.
Only if the head itself is worn or you want a different one. A new head will not stop a drip that is coming from the tap or mixer.
The diverter that switches between them has worn. Replacing the diverter, or the spout it is built into, fixes it.
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