Strange idea...for bathroom shutoff

[Scott Rudy]

I am renovating my childhood house and part of that is eliminating a bedroom and making it into a bathroom and a ensuite. I will be running pex but don't feel the need for a full blown manifold system with 6 cold valves and 4 hot valves.

My strange thought is to put one dual washing machine valve for each bathroom. By flipping one lever, I would completely shut the water off to that bathroom, both hot and cold.

Is this stupid?

Scott

 

[hj]

IF you can live with the limited amount of water that valve can deliver to the hot and cold sides, then go for it.

 

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[Dj2]

It may not be stupid, but certainly unconventional and impractical.

Just do what plumbers have been doing for 100s of years.

If you want to shut the water to a specific bathroom, use the angle stops.

 

[PorcelainVacation]

Something I noticed in traveling in Germany is that each bathroom in every hotel room I stayed in has hot and cold shut off valves for the whole room. They are mounted in the wall and look kind of like shower valves.

 

[Jadnashua]

A full-port ball valve would be viable. Since most of those aren't all that pretty, an access panel might be useful. The WM shutoffs I've seen add a fair amount of restriction and can add some noise. WIth pex, it may not be a great choice.