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We're all in the wrong business.
Doug Kanter wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: I'm calling around for labor estimates to have my 3-knob bath faucet replaced with a single handle Moen. I'm explaining that on the other side of the wall, there's an access panel that was designed in heaven. 4' wide, runs from floor to ceiling. It's as if you were looking at just the framing in a half-built house. It's on the first floor. Pipes are also totally accessible from below. Matter of fact, there's a 6" x 4' slot in the floor. You can reach right up from the basement, if you needed to. I've called three plumbers who live within 5-10 minutes of my home. Take a guess at the estimates. Labor only. I do all of my house maintenence, remodeling, etc myself! Here in the Atlanta area, plumbers are around $125 for the first half hour, and $125 per hour thereafter. I do most of it, too. But, my pipe soldering skills aren't up to my own high standards. This faucet is leaking enough to be expensive. The valve seat's worn to the point where it's chewing up a new washer every week. The internal surfaces were stripped by whoever removed it before, so the seat removal tool's got nothing to grip. I figure that if the whole brass thing in the wall's gotta be replaced, I may as well get what I really want: A single-handle Moen. Have you seen the compression fittings that will go from copper, to butyl, etc? I had a leak at the hot water tank one time at a copper sweat fitting, went to get a new fitting to sweat in, and actually ran into a Home Depot worker that showed me those. That was ten years ago, and it hasn't leaked yet. So you could use a butyl piece into the the faucet, cut the copper pipe where it's not corroded, etc., and use this compressioin union to fasten the butyl to the copper. THAT is if you don't want to solder. I'd solder it myself..... Well, I *was* sort of wondering about the metal-clad flex hoses you use for water supply under sinks, too. I could solder, since there's a wide opening in the floor, right to a clear spot in the basement. Stick a trash can under there....if it leaks, I'll know right away and no harm's done. Yeah, that sounds like a winner! |
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