Shower cartridge ID from a photo.
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Shower valves, specifically
Two shower types. Two photos each.
Shower cartridges are bigger than faucet cartridges and they come apart differently — most single lever valves leave a piece behind, and thermostatic bodies come out in halves. Pull the cartridge, lay it on a flat surface next to a tape measure or ruler, then shoot these two angles. Same instructions the app walks you through.
Many pressure-balance style cartridges leave a balancing spool behind in the valve body. Pull the spool too and lay it next to the tape. The spool is what confirms which replacement style your valve takes — without it we have to pause the match and send you back to the valve.
The most common miss on this type. If half the cartridge is still in the valve it can't be matched yet. Photos of multiple pieces laid out next to a tape measure are perfect.
Two-handle and three-handle tub-shower valves take stems, and the sides are not interchangeable. Lay the stem next to a tape measure, shoot the overall length and the diameter, and tell us the spline count and which way it turns off if you can see it.
Shower cartridges come out looking rough. That's fine. Body profile, length, port layout and splines are usually enough for us to name the part, even when the stamp is long gone.
Seized cartridges happen. Send the escutcheon, the handle, and whatever you can see down the valve body — we'll narrow the family and tell you what puller you need. Our step-by-step identification process covers the harder calls, and our guide to identifying a faucet cartridge walks through the traits we read. The identifier tool turns those traits into a spec sheet.
Shower series we see every week
Every common shower valve, plus the ones nobody stocks.
Posi-Temp, 1222, 1225, ExactTemp thermostatic.
MultiChoice, Monitor pressure balance, RP series stems.
Rite-Temp, MasterShower, thermostatic mixers.
Pressure balance tub-shower cartridges and stem sets.
Thermostatic and mixing cartridges, imported series.
Temptrol, commercial mixing valves, discontinued lines.
How it works
Shower cartridge identification in four steps.
Same step you'd take for a repair anyway. Grab the spool or second half while you're in there.
Open CartridgeID on your phone, or submit your cartridge photo here. A real human gets assigned to each job.
Real human verification, not an AI guess. If a cartridge cannot be confirmed with certainty, we tell you before you order.
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