Brian R
New Member
I'm looking at replacing a frequently clogging toilet and the plumber I'm working with added replacing the existing quarter-turn angle stop valve in his estimate.
I'd always heard I should get rid of multi-turn angle stops and replace them with quarter-turn because multi-turn compression valves are known to fail/freeze whereas quarter-turn are much more reliable. So I am confused as to why he wants to replace the existing quarter-turn valve.
Is it standard practice to replace older valves during a toilet replacement just because there's so much more room to work with the toilet out? I imagine that even quarter-turn stops have a service lifetime. Also, I'm in southern California with extremely hard water - so that's not doing me any favors.
To be honest, I'm not even sure why I'm asking other than the plumber didn't mention this when he was here and it only showed up later on the estimate.
I'd always heard I should get rid of multi-turn angle stops and replace them with quarter-turn because multi-turn compression valves are known to fail/freeze whereas quarter-turn are much more reliable. So I am confused as to why he wants to replace the existing quarter-turn valve.
Is it standard practice to replace older valves during a toilet replacement just because there's so much more room to work with the toilet out? I imagine that even quarter-turn stops have a service lifetime. Also, I'm in southern California with extremely hard water - so that's not doing me any favors.
To be honest, I'm not even sure why I'm asking other than the plumber didn't mention this when he was here and it only showed up later on the estimate.