I swear how can plumbers get any more worthless and sorry? Call around to find a hardware store with men in aprons. They have a book of pictures organized to make it possible to match facuet stems. The pics are are mostly stems but when stem is identified the rest is simple.

Thanks, klem1. By "men in aprons" do you mean Home Depot and Lowes, or a more local hardware store?

Try a plumbing supply store that sells parts. We have one locally. Graingers may be somewhere to start.

Yes, try a real plumbing store. Home Depot has its uses, but getting good advice from 17 year old clerks who don't know a hawk from a handsaw is not one of them.

LOL,I forgot about the people at Home Depot wearing aprons. An actual apron has nothing to do with it. The term simply mean's knowledgable employees that will answer question,give sound advise and talk about the weather if you look like you need to. Around here it's rare indeed finding a friendly face at a wholesale plumbing supply. A man recently told me he could recconize a good hardware store by how it smells. If you lived in Dallas Tx I would send you to Elliot's Hardware. If you lived in McKinney Tx I would send you to Groom And Sons Hardware. I'm not aquainted with Denver and Podunk so you are on your own.

Thanks so much. Now I understand about the men in aprons. I could definitely use a few of those in my life!

Be it help with our car,landscape,health,financial or a broken porch post,most of us could use a man or woman in an apron from time to time. Every store used to have them until companies were forced to cut payroll in order to compete for customers through priceing alone. Aside to allminating great help for diyers, opertunity was taken away for retired people wanting part time work. I wager some of those answering questions on this forum would love to work a few hours helping people face to face,I would. It totaly escape's me why we pay SSI to folks and have them sit home distancing themselves from mainstream society but refuse to subsidize part time work. Would you pay Granny to show you how to prepare fresh veggies from the farmer's market? It's fast and easy asking on the net but believe me when I say you would be ten times better off paying gramps for showing you how to cut an edge with a 4" brush or refinish a table. I have attempted working out somthing where I furnish technical expertise,transportation and tools for on the job training young men unable to find work and can't afford school. What I've found is bureaucracy where noone is interested in such. It boil's down to lawyers and liability unless I pay more for insurance than both us togeather would earn. Ok,there's my mini rant for the day,I'm off to the fridge for beer and snacks,be back in a few. (;