HANDYHACKERinFL
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I am visiting relatives in deerfield, Illinoise, and cant help but look for things to fix while here. House is 50-60 years old at least, and I am very intrigued by old houses after working on all the newer junk in Florida. First project is the bathroom that has cold water running fine in tub, toilet, but not the sink. It was a drop, drop, I played with the shut off valve and it increased to a dribble. Removed supply hose, same. Saw mineral deposits in hose seat, valve is screw/washer/seat valve, connected via threaded to 1/2 in galv pipe. S.O. Valve seems to function normally, just feels a bit tight when turning. So pipe is clogged with mineral deposits right? and would it be safe to assume the deposits are built up at the point of connection to shut off, since thats where a reduction in flow occurs, an orifice of sorts? So I plan to get a 2 new ball valve shut offs, hope those old valves come off without too much trouble, (no breaking pipes upon removal please) shut house supply off, and replace. After removing cold shut off I hope to see a mess of crusty mineral deposit, which I can scrape out. anyone here experience this type of situation before, have any warnings or advice? Thank you!