I want to replace an old-style laundry room faucet connected to the plumbing from the top, with a kitchen type faucet and sprayer, with the plumbing coming from the bottom.
As you can see in the photo below, the space above and to the sides of the laundry tub is quite limited.
I have mostly sweated copper leading to the faucet now, with two ball valves that will cut the water supply to both the faucet and the washing machine hoses. (The washing machine hoses also have shut off valves they are connected to, but they are old and we just leave them open and use the ball valves above them to cut off the water to them.)
So I'd like to get rid of the old shut off valves that the washing machine hoses are now connected to, and connect the hoses higher up, just below the ball valves. That would provide more clearance for using the new faucet ... right now the hoses hand too close to the old faucet.
What's the best way to connect the hoses since I don't need traditional shut off valves for the washing machine hoses? I think I just need a hose threaded connector, preferably one I can solder on, although I haven't found this fitting at my local stores.
Then I'd like to cut out all of the copper plumbing below where I connect the new hoses, install a one or two hole faucet and sprayer in the laundry tub (which has 2 holes 4-inches apart) and run pex going from the copper down and around the right side of the laundry tub and underneath, where I'll connect it to the new faucet's supply lines.
Anyone have advice on if this would be the best way to reroute everything, and how best to connect the washing machine hoses?
Another option, instead of connecting the hoses to the copper below the ball valves, would be to connect them to the pex that will run down the right side of the tub, although I'm not sure how best to do that.
And if anyone has advice on a good but inexpensive kitchen faucet and sprayer that works well in laundry tubs, please let me know. I'd prefer Delta or another brand that has lifetime replacement parts.
Thanks much for any advice you may have!
As you can see in the photo below, the space above and to the sides of the laundry tub is quite limited.
I have mostly sweated copper leading to the faucet now, with two ball valves that will cut the water supply to both the faucet and the washing machine hoses. (The washing machine hoses also have shut off valves they are connected to, but they are old and we just leave them open and use the ball valves above them to cut off the water to them.)
So I'd like to get rid of the old shut off valves that the washing machine hoses are now connected to, and connect the hoses higher up, just below the ball valves. That would provide more clearance for using the new faucet ... right now the hoses hand too close to the old faucet.
What's the best way to connect the hoses since I don't need traditional shut off valves for the washing machine hoses? I think I just need a hose threaded connector, preferably one I can solder on, although I haven't found this fitting at my local stores.
Then I'd like to cut out all of the copper plumbing below where I connect the new hoses, install a one or two hole faucet and sprayer in the laundry tub (which has 2 holes 4-inches apart) and run pex going from the copper down and around the right side of the laundry tub and underneath, where I'll connect it to the new faucet's supply lines.
Anyone have advice on if this would be the best way to reroute everything, and how best to connect the washing machine hoses?
Another option, instead of connecting the hoses to the copper below the ball valves, would be to connect them to the pex that will run down the right side of the tub, although I'm not sure how best to do that.
And if anyone has advice on a good but inexpensive kitchen faucet and sprayer that works well in laundry tubs, please let me know. I'd prefer Delta or another brand that has lifetime replacement parts.
Thanks much for any advice you may have!
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