This changes the shower water mixture, allowing much more hot water into it. The simplest solution to this problem is to install a single-handle shower mixing valve with a pressure-balancing feature.

These valves have a single handle that regulates the temperature and flow rate of the water that flows through your shower head. This means that your pressure valve releases water at maximum ...

First and foremost, make sure your new single-handle faucet is even compatible with your shower valve. If it's not, you could be looking at a full valve replacement, too.

Al Moen developed the single-handle mixing faucet in 1939, and it didn't take long for consumers to take notice. By 1959, Moen products could be found in hundreds of thousands of homes across the U.S.