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    Fantini shower thermostatic mixing valve with 3 vol controls no cold water

    Thanks for your reply. Problem solved. It was my own silly mistake. The mixing valve on these bodies has a " soft stop" in the relovution. I should also mention I didn't have the trim while testing it. Had I, I would have noticed that I just have to continue the turn to the right to get...
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    Fantini shower thermostatic mixing valve with 3 vol controls no cold water

    Update.... Just to make 100% sure I don't have two bad cartridges. I just swapped out a third cartridge from a brand new rough in the box. Same thing. No cold water this time. The two previous cartridges allowed a trickle of cold water. How is this possible? Do I get 4 bad shower roughs?? I...
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    Fantini shower thermostatic mixing valve with 3 vol controls no cold water

    I'm truly stumped on this and I hope someone can help. I installed a super high end Italian made ( but sold in USA for 30 years) shower rough yesterday and after three hours of head scratching gave up! The shower rough is a Fantini 19003903AU. Which is a 3/4" thermo mixer with 3 vol controls...
  4. chickenbrown

    bang!!

    Thanks Terry,
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    bathroom cast iron radiator

    Thanks Jim, Its a three zone one circulator hot water boiler. The bedroom zone is controlled by a zone valve. The loop feeds the one cast iron radiator in the bedroom then feeds a foyer cast iron radiator then just back to the boiler. I wanted to add a small rad. in the bath but was unsure of...
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    bang!!

    I bought and old house that was renovated badly a few times over the years. Seems like a carpenter did all the plumbing and electric himself. I have a shower that has a fairly new "newport brass" shower mixing valve with a pull out diverter. The shower flows to a 12" rain head when the mixing...
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    bathroom cast iron radiator

    I am looking to add a small cast iron wall radiator in my 10 foot by 5 foot bathroom because my wife says its cold after coming out of the shower in winter. I was thinking to just add it into the closest zone off my hot water boiler but since the t-stat is in the bedroom i think it would be too...
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    steam radiator valve for hot water heat

    thanks Men! I won't mess with it then.
  9. chickenbrown

    steam radiator valve for hot water heat

    cast iron baseboard. right about one valve but this is existing. thanks
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    steam radiator valve for hot water heat

    My house was converted to hot water heat from steam. All of it was re-piped in 3/4" copper including two original cast iron radiators in the foyer. These two are connected properly in the loop but they used a steam angle valve on both the supply and return. Probably to enable removal of the...
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    mixing existing copper tubing with new pex tubing

    Thanks a lot. I was on my way to Lowes before reading your reply. I just ordered 300 feet of the rigjt tubing from Pexsupply. Thanks!!
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    mixing existing copper tubing with new pex tubing

    I am in the process of re-piping the hot water heating system in my house. Currently it is all 3/4" "M" tubing. I am re-piping it because the plumber before did not run the zones in proper loops and also ran loops that went up and down three stories to avoid opening up walls. So now after...
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