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On Oct 20, 1:11 pm, "DonC" wrote:
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The 35-year-old faucet for my bathroom shower has a handle and a knob
-- one adjusts the temperature; the other adjusts the pressure --
which have become very hard to turn.

Since parts are no longer available for my faucet, I'd like to replace
it with a brand-new faucet.

However, all of the faucets at Home Depot and Lowes connect to 1/2"
water pipes. However, the water supplied to my shower is via a 3/4"
pipe.

The Home Depot guy said I'd have to open up the wall and replace the
3/4" pipes with 1/2" pipes. I'd prefer not doing that because the
shower has a fiberglass surround and the other side of the wall is not
accessible (cabinets, granite counter-tops, etc).

Does anyone know of any name-brand (i.e., Moen, Delta, American
Standard, etc) faucets that fit 3/4" pipes?

Do you have room for a 3/4 to 1/2 reducer? If so that's an easy solution.-
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Unless you want to buy commercial taps which are very expensiv just
use 3/4 to 1/2 fittings why do people waste there time with 3/4 when
in most places the meter is 1/2 coming out and then restrictes the
system to that flow rate and all taps are 9.5 ltrs a min output no
matter what

A short restriction does not reduce the flow as much as a long restriction. The
larger pipe results in better flow.
Q.E.D.

Bob