Which Chigaco Faucet Angle Stop Ball Valve?

[RustyKnuckles]

I've done a lot of building but not a great deal of plumbing. I'm putting a bathroom in a house I'm building for myself. I need to know which Chicago Faucet angle stop ball valves I should get for my bath and kitchen sinks, and also for my bathtub and toilet. I'll be running Type L Cu 1/2" stub-outs. Thanks.

 

[Taylorjm]

As long as it's a quarter turn, I'm not real picky. I can't stand the washer type. they always seem to never shut off when you need them or the packing leaks.

 

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[RustyKnuckles]

Yeah, I definitely want the 1/4 turn. But I've always shied away from compression fittings, and that's all I see in the home improvement stores. So compression fittings are OK on Type L Cu pipe?

 

[Taylorjm]

Personally I don't have an issue with compression fittings at all. They have been around forever. Now if you were going to go with the slip on sharkbite ones, we would have some words... lol

 

[RustyKnuckles]

No sharks for me.

 

[RustyKnuckles]

Now the top fitting on the angle valve--going up to the faucets there are several choices. Would 3/8 comp be a good choice? Or?

 

[Reach4]

Now the top fitting on the angle valve--going up to the faucets there are several choices. Would 3/8 comp be a good choice? Or?

The great majority of lavatory faucets get hooked to valves with 3/8 compression out.

Those can be used with tubing as an actual compression fitting, but most are connected with a flex hose that has a gasket that does the sealing.

 

[RustyKnuckles]

Yes, the stainless braided flex hose is what I'm used to--I just didn't know exactly how/what it attached to on the ball valve. Thanks.

 

[Terry]

The new faucets if they come with their own supplies are 3/8" compression.
One more reason to have new shutoffs on the truck along with a sleeve puller to remove the old stop. On kitchen sink replacments, often the old stops on the hot side have no rubber washer left, or if there is still some there, bits could float up into the new faucet. I've always installed compression stops, the easiest to replace when needed.
Some old homes with copper piping had galvanized nipples to threaded stops. Some of those are now breaking off, and often nearly closed off with corrosion. Copper to steel was never a good idea.

 

[RustyKnuckles]

Thanks Terry. I've done more than a few "favors" for friends who have had shut-off valve problems in old homes and I came to hate the old stops that screwed onto galvanized.