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Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge

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  • Moen cartridge easy to install and reliable with no leaks
  • Reviewers suggest using a cartridge removal tool
  • Comes with a twisting cap for loosening the installed cartridge
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Product Details

This Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge is designed for use with MOEN faucets. This durable, attractive cartridge is made of solid brass and offers hot/cold operation. Moen shower faucet cartridge replacement.
  • Replaces MOEN Posi-Temp cartridges
  • MOEN Posi Temp cartridge replacement includes twisting cap to loosen installed cartridge
  • Instructions included
  • MOEN shower cartridge replacement is for use with MOEN faucets
  • MOEN genuine part
  • MOEN shower faucet cartridge replacement has a limited lifetime warranty
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Questions & Answers

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Q:I installed this cartridge and now water is running out the tub faucet when in the handle is in the off position. I check the HC is correctly aligned. The retainer clip is in.
by|Jan 14, 2023
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A:  Hello Tracy and thank you for your interest in Moen products. The Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Cartridge may not be seating well in the valve if the tub spout is still dripping water after the cartridge has been replaced. We would recommend to remove the cartridge, clean and then flush the valve body. Then, you will reinsert the cartridge. If you have additional questions, please feel free to call us at 800-289-6636. Our current business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm (Eastern Time).

by|Mar 24, 2023
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    Q:Can moen 1222 work with the cold water only
    by|Nov 6, 2022
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    A:  I used this for the single valve connection on the shower both hot and cold.

    by|Jan 31, 2023

      A:  I have not tried it that way, but it should work with just the cold-water supply.

      by|Dec 13, 2022
        1 found this answer helpful

        A:  As the MOEN answer, I'lla dd this, This valve is used in a shower with a single handle that goes from cold to hot. Its not designed for a single cold or water. If you have a moen shower valve that is split, you need a different part I think. (If MOEN)

        by|Mar 17, 2023
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          A:  Hello Leon and thank you for your interest in Moen products. The Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge was designed for installation into a Moen Posi-Temp tub/shower rough-in valve. The Moen Posi-Temp tub/shower rough-in valve has a pressure balancing mechanism that responds to changes in hot/cold water pressure coming into the valve. Water must be plumbed/turned on to both inlets before the Moen Posi-Temp tub/shower rough-in valve will allow water to flow out of the valve. The Moen Posi-Temp tub/shower rough-in valve is not a thermostatic/temperature sensing valve. If you have additional questions, Moen product specialists can be reached at 1-800-289-6636 and are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Eastern Time.

          by|Nov 7, 2022
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            Q:I replaced my Moen 1222 and now zero water comes out. Is the cartridge defective or could it be a 1222b instead??
            by|Oct 23, 2022
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            A:  The cartridges are too simple to be defective in a way that would prevent flow.  My guess is you didn’t align those tabs on the cartridge vertically (there are detents in the valve body to accept them) or the stem is 90 degrees off of where it should be. 

            by|Oct 31, 2022

              A:  Hello Liesel and thank you for your interest in Moen products. The Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge, part #1222 is the same part as the Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Cartridge, part #1222B. The only difference between these parts is the packaging. If your Moen Posi-Temp tub/shower no longer allows water to flow after installing a new cartridge, it may be the rubber grommets on the side of the part slipped out of place and are now blocking the water pathways. If you have additional questions or need further troubleshooting assistance, Moen product specialists can be reached at 1-8001-289-6636 and are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Eastern Time.

              by|Oct 24, 2022
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                Q:Will this work in any valve body that is currently available on the market, or is it for a specific valve type?
                by|Oct 15, 2022
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                A:  This is a Moen valve. Wouldn't work with others. Slight chance it may with certain brands. But you will need to cross reference.

                by|Oct 31, 2022
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                  A:  This cartridge only works on certain Moen valves.  If you have the Moen serial number, then you can look it up.  They have only had 4-5 different ones in the last 40 years, so if you know the approx year it was installed then you can usually narrow it down.  Here is a good article on it: https://www.h2ouse.org/which-moen-cartridge-do-i-need/

                  by|Jan 10, 2023
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                    A:  Hello 2023Shower and thank you for your interest in Moen products. The Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge is designed to work with the Moen posi-temp rough in valve body. If you have additional questions, please feel free to call us at 800-289-6636. Our current business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm (Eastern Time).

                    by|Oct 16, 2022
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                      Customer Reviews

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                      Good Price !!...
                      Good Price !!
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                      Moen 1222 fails every year since i'v own my new home
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                      Response from Moen Plus SupportFeb 11, 2023
                      Hello Lal1975 and thank you for the feedback you posted on the Moen website. We are pleased to see that you took advantage of Moen’s lifetime limited warranty and contacted our Consumer Service Center. We appreciate your business and we are delighted that we were able to assist you. Should you require any warranty or pre-purchase assistance, please feel free to call us at 800-289-6636. Our current hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm (EST).
                        Disappointing Quality
                        I am having a very similar experience to other reviewers. I went to visit family and when I got home (on a Saturday night) I got in the shower and the on/off handle spun a bit funny and the water was not "warm" despite it being in the same spot where it normally is a comfortable temperature. Trying not to make much of it because of the time, I made it a quick shower, also since cool water in the winter in Delaware is no fun and when I went to shut off the water, the handle just spun and spun and the water kept running. You could feel that something inside was not gripping properly, and as it spun not even the pressure was reduced, it was flowing as fast as it had been during the shower. Of course it is now 3:31 AM when I have managed to remove the cartridge and I had to shut down the water valve for the whole house. In a home with children, that is no fun decision. After taking out the part, I see that although the stem that attaches to the handle is spinning, the metal portion inside with the holes for hot and cold water flow is not moving at all. To make matters worse the part number on the cartridge is 158084 and I cannot find that part number anywhere on this website. A long and tedious online search led me to the new part number which is 1222 (like I said, no thanks to the Moen website). Now I am without water, I cannot wait till Monday for Moen to honor the warranty so in a few hours I am heading to any of the major box stores and hope to find it so that we can have running water again, and it will be an out of pocket expense, aside from the hassle of something that isn't even 4 years old breaking. If there is any saving grace, is that unlike many of the other people I did not have to get a special tool to remove it, because it was installed only a few years ago when the home was built. Certainly not the quality I have come to expect from Moen.
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                        Response from Moen Plus SupportDec 21, 2022
                        Hello JDGV78 and thank you for the feedback you posted on the Moen website. We are sorry to hear the difficulty you are experiencing with your Moen 1222 Single-Handle Replacement Cartridge, Posi-Temp. We are pleased to see that you contact with our Consumer Services Contact Center for technical assistance. We appreciate your business and we are delighted that we were able to assist you.
                          Replacement 1222 cartridge will not seal.
                          Unhappy about the cartridge failing after 5 years. Replacement will not insert 100% into valve for clip to properly install. Same exact part purchased to fix. Frustrated. No customer service in the weekends? Unhappy. Bad design with rubber gasket that comes dislodged. Quite the chore to remove the cartridge out of the valve. Glad I did not injury myself.
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                            I purchased this authentic Moen replacement part Feb. 2021 and it leaked immediately on installat...
                            I purchased this authentic Moen replacement part Feb. 2021 and it leaked immediately on installation worse than the old cartridge I was replacing. I would have just put the old cartridge back in, however, it was cracked during removal. I reached out to Moen via their customer service website and I was extremely pleased that they sent a new replacement right away. It is now only 4 months later and the new replacement is not just leaking but constantly running and will fill my tub in less than 12 hours. That's a lot of EXPENSIVE water when you live in drought plagued SoCal. I have reached out, once again to Moen and await their response. I will update this post from the 1 star I currently have given if I get another replacement. I hope the replacement lasts longer this time because at $50 dollars for each cartridge with only a 1 year warranty it is definitely not high quality or a good value. If I have to purchase another cartridge I will buy the generic part for less. It's not worth it to buy "genuine" Moen replacements if they don't work! At this point I cannot recommend this part.
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                            Response from MoenJun 24, 2021
                            Thank you Aj so much for the feedback, you posted on the Home Depot website. Moen takes consumer comments very seriously and we are delighted to have the opportunity to assist you. Unfortunately, cartridges do not have a life expectancy as a number of factors can cause them to fail including quality of water, debris passing into it, and amount of use. I would recommend ensuring that the valve is cleaned and flushed prior to installing the new cartridge, which should help prevent them from failing so quickly. For warranty assistance, please contact Moen directly at 800-289-6636. Our current business hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (Eastern Time). Moen
                              3 found this review helpful
                              Read this! Super poor quality.
                              My house was built new and is now 8 years old. I purposefully avoided "builder grade" fixtures. Only two of them were Moen in the whole house. BOTH have failed within 8 years. The first one after 4 years and the second at the 8 year mark. First one, I could not turn off the water (Posi-Temp 1222). When I went to another plumbing supply house with the old failed part in hand, I was told that this part is used in builder grade, track home quality fixtures - awesome.... Here is the very serious part of my story - the second cartridge failure (the other Moen faucet I purchased - same model as first one) failed in such a way that it leaked both outside the shower wall and INSIDE the wall from the handle stem ruining my Kitchen ceiling below. When all is said and done, the failure of these parts will cost me a few thousand dollars. What happened to American made pride (Manufactured in the US with imported parts" - translation: Likely means assembled in the US with foreign parts). For what I paid for these fixtures, they should come with a Brass cartridge, not this piece of garbage plastic thing. I am a handy guy with a lot of life experience and work in the Manufacturing world and it is my opinion that this component is a shameful joke. I don't mind paying more for quality, but I seem to have been deprived of that option here. OK - Moen Customer Support, now you can reply with your canned Copy & Paste response: "Moen cartridges do not have an estimated life expectancy and are subject to standard maintenance based on varying factors such as system pressure and regional water conditions". Are you kidding me - "Moen cartridges do not have an estimated life expectancy" - who would say such a thing. Does Moen realize that is paramount to saying "it could last a day or 364 days". Additionally, I am pretty suspicious of all the "positive reviews" here. I am a pretty busy person, like most people are. Who has the time to write all these positive reviews. I only write them when in Shepard mode and feel I have to warn the public. Lastly, I am used to these parts lasting 20 years or more - not, "we can't tell you how long it may last".
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                              Response from MoenJan 15, 2021
                              Hello JoeNuccio we are sorry to hear your Moen Posi-Temp Pressure Balanced Shower Cartridge leaked for you. The issue described in your review would have been best handled under Moen’s limited lifetime warranty. As the original purchaser of the Moen Posi-Temp rough in valve, you could have contacted Moen directly; we would have been happy to troubleshoot the issue and show you we stand by our products. Should you require any warranty or pre-purchase assistance, please feel free to call us at 800-289-6636. Our business hours are 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday. Moen
                                11 found this review helpful
                                Perfect fit for MOEN single handle hot cold shower faucet
                                At first, It was almost impossible to pull the old cartridge out. I tried the plastic puller that came with the new cartridge, it was very flimsy and the thing just froze in there. Luckily, I was prepared, did my research and went ahead and bought the DANCO Cartridge Puller for MOEN. I have seen and watch reviews and they used this tool to pull stucked cartridge. After about 5 mins of turning left to right and pull out motion (repeatedly), I was able to pull it out, The black rubber around the old cartridge disintegrated in pieces. It looked like it clanged and bonded with the metal insert inside. I cleaned it off and used shop vac to take out small debris and particles around it. Once I cleaned it off, put it back the way I took it out just reverse process. I am not a handyman savvy type of guy, I work in the financial field. I managed to do this on my own and saved me $300 worth of plumbing service. The part cost me $49.00 and it came with the grease. I highly suggest you use that grease and lube on that sucker so when next time you need to replace it, it will be a little easier. Another helpful trick is that I was taking pictures step by step on how it looked like taking off the part so I know how to put it back. Your welcome!!!
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                                  easy to replaced,
                                  easy to replaced,
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                                  6 found this review helpful
                                  Easy to install so far no problem
                                  Easy to install so far no problem
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                                  3 found this review helpful
                                  Moen is very "proud" ($) of their products but I have found them to be a reliable brand. Although...
                                  Moen is very "proud" ($) of their products but I have found them to be a reliable brand. Although I purchased this product I ended up not needing it to resolve an issue I thought I had. Home Depot is GREAT about taking product back. The Posi-Temp Moen shower valve solved all the hot/cold issues we were having while taking a shower and a toilet flushing or the washing machine running. No more "Shock Therapy"!!
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