ej
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I'm looking for some advice. I'm putting in a Kohler sink and toilet as part of a remodel. So I also bought the matching supply valves. Turns out they come with chromed, flexible copper(?) supply tubes. I'm used to the old ugly black reinforced rubber hoses, and have never used one of these type.
One end has a nipple of sorts, and the other end gets connected through what looks like a brass sleeve, and a nut that gets tightened down over it to form a compression type fitting into the valve.
So my question is: How difficult is this to install? Am I going to be forever fighting problems/leaks with it if it's not "just right", or is it fairly forgiving? Also, is this a one chance only thing - i.e. after it's tightened down, if it leaks, do I have to go buy another sleeve or tube if I have to remove it and reinstall?
Or should I dispose of the tubes and go get the hoses....
Thanks for any comments -
ed
One end has a nipple of sorts, and the other end gets connected through what looks like a brass sleeve, and a nut that gets tightened down over it to form a compression type fitting into the valve.
So my question is: How difficult is this to install? Am I going to be forever fighting problems/leaks with it if it's not "just right", or is it fairly forgiving? Also, is this a one chance only thing - i.e. after it's tightened down, if it leaks, do I have to go buy another sleeve or tube if I have to remove it and reinstall?
Or should I dispose of the tubes and go get the hoses....
Thanks for any comments -
ed