I am overhauling my toilets and replacing with all new guts: flush valve, fill valve, flapper, tank-to-bowl gasket, lever/handle - everything! I will also replace the old gray, flexible plastic supply line. The old supply line is 8" long. My house supply pipe is made of CPVC and I don't want to put undue stress on it. When I removed the old supply line, I noticed that it is just very slightly too long and its rigidity was forcing the CPVC downward from its normal resting position. I know that old CPVC can become brittle and I don't want it to crack - especially inside the wall!
I purchased two different new 9" supply lines: a braided polymer connector and a braided stainless steel connector. I have tried both of them and neither of those 9-inch lines has enough flexibility to get into that 8-inch distance between the supply valve and the fill valve. It puts way too much force and stress on the CPVC. There is just no way I can get a 9" line into that 8" space without tremendous downward force on my CPVC pipe.
Does anyone sell 8-inch supply lines? Or should I get a 16-inch or 20-inch line and put a loop in it? What is best practice? What do you experts recommend?
Thanks!
Carol
I purchased two different new 9" supply lines: a braided polymer connector and a braided stainless steel connector. I have tried both of them and neither of those 9-inch lines has enough flexibility to get into that 8-inch distance between the supply valve and the fill valve. It puts way too much force and stress on the CPVC. There is just no way I can get a 9" line into that 8" space without tremendous downward force on my CPVC pipe.
Does anyone sell 8-inch supply lines? Or should I get a 16-inch or 20-inch line and put a loop in it? What is best practice? What do you experts recommend?
Thanks!
Carol