Anthony Curtas
Member
hi guys,
I've been sweating a lot of connections for my bath remodel and it's given me confidence to tackle a couple other nagging plumbing issues. Biggest of all is that my shutoffs for the outside faucets don't actually shut off all the way. It slows it down to a drip but not all the way off. It's the type that can be rebuilt, but that brings me to the other problem -- they are by the water heater in a maze of pipes and really hard to turn (knuckles hit other pipes as you turn them). Not well thought out at all.
I'd like to replace with a single quarter turn ball valve to shut off both faucets together. It would really help with the valve location and I always turn them on/off together anyway.
Is there any code or other problem with one shutoff for two hose bibs? Only problem I see if both outside valves are left open you have a full path "through" the house from one sill-cock to the other. But since neither is used for drinking water, I'm not sure if that's a problem.
Thanks,
Anthony
I've been sweating a lot of connections for my bath remodel and it's given me confidence to tackle a couple other nagging plumbing issues. Biggest of all is that my shutoffs for the outside faucets don't actually shut off all the way. It slows it down to a drip but not all the way off. It's the type that can be rebuilt, but that brings me to the other problem -- they are by the water heater in a maze of pipes and really hard to turn (knuckles hit other pipes as you turn them). Not well thought out at all.
I'd like to replace with a single quarter turn ball valve to shut off both faucets together. It would really help with the valve location and I always turn them on/off together anyway.
Is there any code or other problem with one shutoff for two hose bibs? Only problem I see if both outside valves are left open you have a full path "through" the house from one sill-cock to the other. But since neither is used for drinking water, I'm not sure if that's a problem.
Thanks,
Anthony