Securing a 3 handle faucet for PEX use

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John Donohoe

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I’m renovating my old shower/tub and am trying to keep the retro look by using a 3 handle faucet (like shown below). The challenge is I want to use PEX so I need to secure the rough in. Has anyone done this before? Is there a best practice and/or bracket that you could recommend?

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In the old days, you might have installed that valve with galvanized pipe, or maybe copper pipe. You would secure the pipe to the backing and it would be solid.
Those valves haven't been code for over thirty years now. But then with how everything is changing, I'm guessing that whatever Guatemala does will be good enough for the US. The last time I was there, everyone was carrying guns everywhere you went too. Not hand guns, rifles.
Good question though. Since back in the olden days they used rigid pipe, you strapped the pipe. Now the new code approved valves have holes that allow you to screw the valve to the backing.

Do you think we will have plumbing codes in the future? I'm guessing not.
 

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If it's up to Trump...we'll revert to the wild west since federal requirements are an anathema, and thus should be thrown out.
 

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Terry,
Why do they market a faucet that doesn't meet code?
These faucets are in stores, all over the internet and possibly in many plumbers' inventory in their trucks.

Just like fireworks. They ban fireworks but allow selling them ?!


But to answer the poster's question: you can run a wood blocking from stud to stud in the back of the faucet, then secure the faucet to the backing on both sides of the diverter.
 

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You could use that faucet legally in probably a sink with a wall-mounted control, the diverter maybe going from spout to spray attachment.. There is at least one state that makes it illegal to sell, import, or install a non-compliant faucet, but no federal requirement that stringent. When it comes to something like car parts (lights come to mind, along with say mufflers), in the fine print, they say 'for off-road use only', but lots of people install them on their road cars. There may be a similar 'warning' on the valve's documentation.

Personally, I think it's kind of dumb to avoid the useful anti-scald tech. Note, you could probably install a pressure balance valve on the supplies, and technically meet code, but the complication and cost seem kind of over the top to maintain an old look. If you want or need to pass an inspection, the easiest way is to use an all-in-one solution.
 
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