Walt
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Hi all, sorry if this is a dumb question. I searched a little while and didn't find any related information.
My new (to me...) house has copper plumbing. I have some soldered-on toilet stop valves that are apparently from the late '80's when the house was built. In replacing the toilets recently I had trouble getting a couple of the valves to shut off completely. They don't leak from the stems, but are very hard to turn and I had to apply so much torque to one that I thought the stem would twist off, and then it still dripped during the toilet replacement.
In the past in situations like this I would just replace the valves, but the last house had galvanized pipes, so it was a simple matter to just remove the valve and replace with a new (and hope that the end of the pipe didn't crumble away...). But I'm not sure I want to learn to solder fixtures or hire a plumber in order to replace the vavles.
What are my options here? (that do not involve a brazing torch...)
-Can these valves be rebuilt? I have not seen rebuild pars for these, but I have another new valve that is very similar in design (see attachment). Its design is pretty much identical to the ones in the house, except the old handles are chrome and the valve stems are black. Are these valves "standard" enough that I could rebuild them with stem and cap from a donor valve?
-Cut them off and replace with SharkBite valves? There's plenty of tubing between the wall and stop valve, but I have no experience with this type of plumbing connection.
What is commonly done in this case?
Thanks,
Walter
My new (to me...) house has copper plumbing. I have some soldered-on toilet stop valves that are apparently from the late '80's when the house was built. In replacing the toilets recently I had trouble getting a couple of the valves to shut off completely. They don't leak from the stems, but are very hard to turn and I had to apply so much torque to one that I thought the stem would twist off, and then it still dripped during the toilet replacement.
In the past in situations like this I would just replace the valves, but the last house had galvanized pipes, so it was a simple matter to just remove the valve and replace with a new (and hope that the end of the pipe didn't crumble away...). But I'm not sure I want to learn to solder fixtures or hire a plumber in order to replace the vavles.
What are my options here? (that do not involve a brazing torch...)
-Can these valves be rebuilt? I have not seen rebuild pars for these, but I have another new valve that is very similar in design (see attachment). Its design is pretty much identical to the ones in the house, except the old handles are chrome and the valve stems are black. Are these valves "standard" enough that I could rebuild them with stem and cap from a donor valve?
-Cut them off and replace with SharkBite valves? There's plenty of tubing between the wall and stop valve, but I have no experience with this type of plumbing connection.
What is commonly done in this case?
Thanks,
Walter
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