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Posted by mm on June 12, 2007, 8:28 pm
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:21:26 -0700, h_markston@hotmail.com wrote:
>Washerless valve cartridges have been
>commonplace for many years. I think they're
>swell, but I need an old fashioned shower and/
>or bath manifold that has replaceable brass
>seats, stems, and washers.
>
>Home Depost is loaded with Danco kits for
>rebuilding these manifolds. The only problem
>is they don't sell the manifolds.
>
>One of the bathrooms in my home is very
>small. It does have a nice size shower. The
>space inside the wall is very tight. Those
>large and heavy manifolds that they sell in
>the home centers would be a nightmare to
>install in this bathroom.
>
>I can solder together almost anything so I was
>even thinking about building my own manifold
>if I could find a compression valve that has
>a replaceable stem, washer, and seat. Most
>of the compression valves sold in Home Depot
>and Lowes are all metric. They accept standard
>1/2" or 3/4" tubing, but the stem, washer, and
>seat are metric. Not good!
>
>My house is about fifty years old. The 3½" that
>you get inside of a wall studded with 2x4's is
>not available. On the other side of the shower
>wall is a closet. The folks who built this house
>put a 3/4" board inside the wall to support the
>closet. Now you know why I need a simple
>compression style manifold. Nothing else will
>fit inside this wall.
Can't you just use the one that is there, and put in new washers, and
if neccessary stems? No soldering at all.
Have you tried that yet?
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