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Posted by stu on October 20, 2007, 9:23 pm
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> > > The 35-year-old faucet for my bathroom shower has a handle and a knob
> > > -- one adjusts the temperature; the other adjusts the pressure --
> > > which have become very hard to turn.
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> > > Since parts are no longer available for my faucet, I'd like to replace
> > > it with a brand-new faucet.
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> > > However, all of the faucets at Home Depot and Lowes connect to 1/2"
> > > water pipes. However, the water supplied to my shower is via a 3/4"
> > > pipe.
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> > > The Home Depot guy said I'd have to open up the wall and replace the
> > > 3/4" pipes with 1/2" pipes. I'd prefer not doing that because the
> > > shower has a fiberglass surround and the other side of the wall is not
> > > accessible (cabinets, granite counter-tops, etc).
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> > > Does anyone know of any name-brand (i.e., Moen, Delta, American
> > > Standard, etc) faucets that fit 3/4" pipes?
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> > Do you have room for a 3/4 to 1/2 reducer? If so that's an easy
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> Unless you want to buy commercial taps which are very expensiv just
> use 3/4 to 1/2 fittings why do people waste there time with 3/4 when
> in most places the meter is 1/2 coming out and then restrictes the
> system to that flow rate and all taps are 9.5 ltrs a min output no
> matter what
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9.5 ltrs a min??? wow that would suck big time... my shower alone uses about
14ltrs a min. How long would it take to fill a bath at 9.5ltrs a min?
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