My elderly aunt's house was built between 1928 and 1930... took just over two years to build the house, and it has the best Crane fixtures for that day.... they don't make them like they used to.... in fact the fixtures are also in my parents' house built 1929-1930.... gorgeous white porcelain and snazzy chrome.....
Anyway, my aunt is presently in the hospital - liver surgery - and while she is away I have turned off the main so I can address the many leaking faucets, etc. My uncle just died in March and at 91 he wasn't up to maintaining the plumbing lately.... so the leaks were winning....
As a starting point I need to know about the valve stem I am dealing with.... I have looked on deabath and other sites but haven't been able to match them up..... the handles are all chrome with five points, not four as a cross.... the stem is as per the photo... and my real question is about the bibb washer in the end, as I need to be sure the correct washer is in there to stop the leaking at that point... I thought I read somewhere that they should be 1/2C size washers but what is in there is a 1/2 flat one, and I tried a 1/2L beveled one but then the bibb screw is too short to secure it....
ANYONE OUT THERE -- do you know the proper size to use? Any guidance on where to get the right ones? The current washer sits below the rim and the rim itself is slightly chewed up....
I believe they are Norwich sinks but there is only the stamped pottery works seal on the bottom that I can see... also, if anyone knows a plumber on Long Island who is a restoration guy and not a rip out - put in new plumber, please send him my way as there is a lot of work to be done here and we want to save the fixtures in this historic house if at all possible -- it is a challenge and I have heard too many people say just rip it out and put in new..... meanwhile an American Standard "new" faucet set I put in nine years ago has pitting chrome, and that sink gets used maybe once a week and is kept clean, so it has to be poorer quality chrome.... clearly I am not fan of new when there is such workmanship from bygone years....
Oh, I also am looking for a P trap for it with the waste plug as the plug in this one sheared off.
Anyway, my aunt is presently in the hospital - liver surgery - and while she is away I have turned off the main so I can address the many leaking faucets, etc. My uncle just died in March and at 91 he wasn't up to maintaining the plumbing lately.... so the leaks were winning....
As a starting point I need to know about the valve stem I am dealing with.... I have looked on deabath and other sites but haven't been able to match them up..... the handles are all chrome with five points, not four as a cross.... the stem is as per the photo... and my real question is about the bibb washer in the end, as I need to be sure the correct washer is in there to stop the leaking at that point... I thought I read somewhere that they should be 1/2C size washers but what is in there is a 1/2 flat one, and I tried a 1/2L beveled one but then the bibb screw is too short to secure it....
ANYONE OUT THERE -- do you know the proper size to use? Any guidance on where to get the right ones? The current washer sits below the rim and the rim itself is slightly chewed up....
I believe they are Norwich sinks but there is only the stamped pottery works seal on the bottom that I can see... also, if anyone knows a plumber on Long Island who is a restoration guy and not a rip out - put in new plumber, please send him my way as there is a lot of work to be done here and we want to save the fixtures in this historic house if at all possible -- it is a challenge and I have heard too many people say just rip it out and put in new..... meanwhile an American Standard "new" faucet set I put in nine years ago has pitting chrome, and that sink gets used maybe once a week and is kept clean, so it has to be poorer quality chrome.... clearly I am not fan of new when there is such workmanship from bygone years....
Oh, I also am looking for a P trap for it with the waste plug as the plug in this one sheared off.
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