I finished one bathroom and now onto another. Both faucets are single handle Moens
For bathroom number 1, I sweated the fittings without removing the cartridge. It works fine.
For bathroom number 2, I want to take out the cartridge.
It takes alot of FORCE (pull when removing and pushing in to install) to remove the cartridge and the install it. In bathoom number 1, I don't think the pipes are secured well enough to take that kind of pulling and pushing. My question is do you really have to reinforce the area the faucets will be with wood bracing so that when the day does come, you can pull and push without worrying if you are going to break something?
Is there any way to make the cartridge slide in and out easy?
For bathroom number 1, I sweated the fittings without removing the cartridge. It works fine.
For bathroom number 2, I want to take out the cartridge.
It takes alot of FORCE (pull when removing and pushing in to install) to remove the cartridge and the install it. In bathoom number 1, I don't think the pipes are secured well enough to take that kind of pulling and pushing. My question is do you really have to reinforce the area the faucets will be with wood bracing so that when the day does come, you can pull and push without worrying if you are going to break something?
Is there any way to make the cartridge slide in and out easy?