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Ouch, bummer valve design. I guess I will try to get a free replacement valve, but surely will get a better faucet during the remodel. But $250 retail faucet down the drain? How does one go about getting a free valve replacement?

When I put things back together, it does work better but still stiff. Is there any maintenance I can do on this valve to fix the issue?

My wife bought a faucet and had it installed while I was away. No box to identify what it is. But after one year, the valve is way sticky and have to wrestle the handle to get the water to flow. Getting a smooth transition to the flow you want is way gone. I took off the handle and here are...

You are too kind, but I accept. Now my other f-up. I tiled the bathroom floor and did not realize that I had a squeak in the floor opposite the toilet. When I pulled off the old floor in the bathroom, the previous floor guy had put down a layer of 1/2 inch of ply to fix the toilet area rot...

Once the "light went on in my head" from the idea of splitting a dowel, my experience with tool making went into gear. I went to Ace Hardware (5 minutes away) and got a dowel that was the perfect size. Started hacking and was done with the tool in less than 1/2 hr. Got the wedge cut to the...

Yeah baby.....we did it. Thanks to all that participated. And the winning idea was to split the wood dowel. Idid not have to wet it because it has those indents at the end and the screw heads got in there and worked like a charm once I had everything cut to length etc.

Still not solved. I had to install the fixtures and the shower is running, but with a plywood backing plate for the valve. I ordered a inside pipe wrench that has 5 different diameters on it but you cannot separate the 5 diameters and the large 2 or 3" diameter stops the tool from going in far...

Yeah, I tried that and got nowhere. Ferguson Plumbing Supplies, they didn't even know or understand the tool. These days the plumbing stores are full of clerks and salespeople. The good old plumbing stores are basically non existent anymore, and finding a plumber that has the tool would be...

I like that idea. I tried needle nose by itself and hahaha! tried it, no go. Maybe I can get away with using it and sending it back. I'm on a deadline to get the shower up and running for the weekend.

looks like 1 1/4" id behind the threads of course.

I've got this Phister valve handle and the brass sleeve that screws in is too far in and I don't know how to unscrew it. This is new stuff and I've had it for about a month. I did a dry fit when the shower plumbing was done to check out the valve. I accidently screwed the brass fitting all the...

There are a lot of rods out there, but most of them if not all of them are adjustable, and who lknows what they are made of. I found a stainless one a while back that costs about 80 bucks, but cannot find it again. What I want is a one piece stainless steel rod with mounts that will be for a...

Yeah, I guess we won't know for sure. But I thought I would share my experience. I cannot remember if the water was going down the overflow tube, but I had a plumber there and he quickly blamed the leak on the bad wax ring and the water continually running. It took two things to go bad. If...

If you put your ear to the toilet reservoir, you could barely hear the water passing through the valve(water line). Also, there was no sign of water entering the toilet turd target.

I took liberty and bent the rules. Why? because I can. My valve is at 44" and that is tough crap if someone has to reach the valve to add more water to the tub. By the time I sell the joint, I'll be 6 ft under most likely. Like I said 99% showers, 1% tub. I don't care about the next owners.

I got lucky and forgot to glue the final ABS connection. When I realigned the piping, all was good so I glued her in place and I'm done. Thnx. No coupling added.

"The tub spout is to be no less than 6 inches and no greater than 11 inches below the valve." Why is there a restriction of no greater than 11" below the valve? You have me worried. I installed the valve higher to make showering easier. My tub spout is 20" below the valve. Installation...

I don't see anything wrong with that. Just plug the bottom outlet for the tub. Then it's just a simple valve. But I'm no expert.

I have 1 1/2" abs drain coming off a shower/bath. The drain is ABS and glued where there is no slip fit or compression fittings. I'm concerned that it may be too rigid and a good earthquake may cause a crack or failure. I was thinking of putting in a rubber 1 1/2" coupling on the horizontal...

I use an "Inside pipe cutter" made by Brass Craft. It is bascally a cutter about 1.5" in diameter and has a shaft that you put on a drill chuck. Stuff a rag down the drain so if the cutter comes off your drill, you are not screwed. You basically cut out the drain from inside the tube. It is...