New valves...
I bought a house built in 1931 and I am going to upgrade the galvanized to type L copper in the next couple of months. One plumbing matter I would like to correct now is a severely leaking sillcock. I will be replacing with a 12" frost-free sillcock as the house is in Northern Illinois. I was about to do this, but I have problems with the main house shut-off valves fore and aft of the water meter. The valve between the meter and the street only closes to about 85% and the valve after the meter does not turn at all. I don't dare wrench on it as it may break and with the other valve only closed @ 85% I suspect I would have to have a large bucket and sweat a new valve in quite quickly. So, my question is this: what are the best replacement valves? (globe, gate or ball) Is type of valve determined by code? Who makes the best valve needed in this application? Who makes the best plumbing wrenches? Thanks in advance for any insight…
I bought a house built in 1931 and I am going to upgrade the galvanized to type L copper in the next couple of months. One plumbing matter I would like to correct now is a severely leaking sillcock. I will be replacing with a 12" frost-free sillcock as the house is in Northern Illinois. I was about to do this, but I have problems with the main house shut-off valves fore and aft of the water meter. The valve between the meter and the street only closes to about 85% and the valve after the meter does not turn at all. I don't dare wrench on it as it may break and with the other valve only closed @ 85% I suspect I would have to have a large bucket and sweat a new valve in quite quickly. So, my question is this: what are the best replacement valves? (globe, gate or ball) Is type of valve determined by code? Who makes the best valve needed in this application? Who makes the best plumbing wrenches? Thanks in advance for any insight…
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