ironspider
Member
Greetings all,
We are currently redoing our bathroom and we are installing a IKEA vessel sink and faucet. I have replaced many faucets already but they have all been the sort of "screw on" 1/2" type that I have simply been using a "Brasscraft 1/2" FIP 3/8" COMP" connector to connect the hot and cold handles to the supply shutoff valves--easy as pie no issues.
But this new IKEA faucet simply has what appears to be a 5/16 metal pipe with threads and a rubber ring at one end and nothing on the other end.
Here is a picture of the end that screws up into the faucet bottom:
And here is an image of the other end which has no threads or anything:
I guess my question is whether or not there is a connector similar to the one I've been using so far and just replace the IKEA rigid metal pipe? Something like a 5/16 male threaded on one side and a 3/8 female threaded on the other side? Something like a 5/16 MIP to 3/8 COMP?
Does such a thing exist?
Or is it not difficult to get some kind of connector that connects that 5/16 solid metal pipe to the 3/8" supply shutoff valve?
Thanks in advance!
We are currently redoing our bathroom and we are installing a IKEA vessel sink and faucet. I have replaced many faucets already but they have all been the sort of "screw on" 1/2" type that I have simply been using a "Brasscraft 1/2" FIP 3/8" COMP" connector to connect the hot and cold handles to the supply shutoff valves--easy as pie no issues.
But this new IKEA faucet simply has what appears to be a 5/16 metal pipe with threads and a rubber ring at one end and nothing on the other end.
Here is a picture of the end that screws up into the faucet bottom:
And here is an image of the other end which has no threads or anything:
I guess my question is whether or not there is a connector similar to the one I've been using so far and just replace the IKEA rigid metal pipe? Something like a 5/16 male threaded on one side and a 3/8 female threaded on the other side? Something like a 5/16 MIP to 3/8 COMP?
Does such a thing exist?
Or is it not difficult to get some kind of connector that connects that 5/16 solid metal pipe to the 3/8" supply shutoff valve?
Thanks in advance!