Recent content by LCF

I'm crying right now lol. Thanks for sharing. I will remember this for next time.

It was very very close to fitting inside the nipple. There was probably years of build up that shrunk the wall ID a bit and I decided to just move on. As usual I couldn't have done any of it without the help from this forum. Thanks very much everyone.

There was no hesitancy to follow advice. I was getting ideas from the advice on different ways to approach it. At first I tried to cut the brass nipple to slide a piece of 1/2" copper pipe inside to sweat a new male adapter onto it, but for some reason the 1/2" pipe wouldn't fit the inner...

I got it all done today. Total pain in the ass and I had to open up a small section of the above wall with diamond lathe, plywood and more wood underneath, but I got it done. The new valve works great and everything is working again. Thanks for all the help!

I swapped the cartridges. For some reason I recall plumbers telling me the cartridges are different for hot and cold and I didn't want to have to redo the work. Thanks for the info.

I'm replacing a broken valve in my shower with an exact replacement. The part is Kohler 303-K-NA. For some strange reason this comes with the cold on the left and hot on the right and that's incorrect. Can I just swap the existing stems? photo below.

I have no Home Depot's that rent in my state. I can just buy a threader on Amazon if I decide to go that route. Not sure yet

I would consider doing that. I don't have much space to cut though. What tool do you mean by hand threader? I've only ever seen the ones with the lever on it and they're rather large. I don't know if I could fit it in where it needs to go.

Hmm. I wonder if something like this would work for me? I could cut the brass pipe and slide one of these over it. And then I can use a piece of copper with male 1/2 adapter for the new shower valve and solve the problem? Do you think this piece would work in my application?

I absolutely will sweat something on to the brass if I have to. I'd rather a copper to brass adapter that fits on the outside of the brass if possible but I can also try putting a piece of copper pipe inside to see if it will do the trick.

Thank you! These are considerations I had but won't work unfortunately. I can't install a new length of copper into the shower elbow because the pipe would be too long for me to get the leverage I need to get it into the wall cavity due to the floor. If it were just drywall I would go for it...

I called Sharkbite and they said that the PVC to CTS would not work on brass. Technically, they said it's not been "tested" on brass and wasn't designed for that, but I am not sure I want to take the risk.

Interesting! I wonder if it would be reliable over brass pipe. I can't find anything online about it but will keep looking as this might be a viable option. Thanks John If anyone else has any ideas I would appreciate it.

I will be cutting the threads off of the brass when I remove the existing tub valve. I can't rethread the brass because there is no clearance inside the wall cavity for me to do it.

I've got an annoying issue I need to fix without tearing a newly finished wall open. I am replacing my tub water valve and installing an exact replacement. The problem is that the existing valve is connected to a threaded 4 foot long 1/2" brass nipple all the way up to the shower head. I am...