https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/2f800ea2-94c5-4b9c-b33f-b878f2062504 This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and tile expert Joe Ferrante team up to repair a leaky shower valve installation. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Richard and tile expert Joe Ferrante examined the tile above the bathtub and determined that hole for the mixing valve was too large. Joe removed the existing tile and installed a new tile with a smaller hole. Richard secured the studs in the wall to ensure that the pipes for the mixing valve could not move back and forth. Shopping List for How to Repair a Shower Valve in a Tile Wall: 2_-inch drywall screws, wall tile, thin-set mortar and grout, plumber's putty, Tools for How to Repair a Shower Valve in a Tile Wall: utility knife, carbide-tipped scoring knife, hammer and _-inch-wide cold chisel, thin pry bar, handsaw, drill/driver fitted with carbide-grit hole saw, tile nippers, margin trowel and bucket, notched trowel, rubber float, grout sponge, About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://bit.ly/34RYEP5 Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Repair a Shower Valve in a Tile Wall | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:48:48 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/2f800ea2-94c5-4b9c-b33f-b878f2062504 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.