On 10/6/2012 11:51 PM, Larry Fishel wrote:
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 6:45:29 PM UTC-4, dumbstruck wrote:
Why is it so hard to get the most logically needed valve in the world... an extra inline 3/8 x 3/8 shutoff valve to put between your expired copper one and the standard flexible hoses going to sink faucet?

Not that this helps you any more than my last post, but I would hope (and I expect) that there's not nearly as much call for a valve like that as you seem to think. Most people, and any plumber who's not overly fond of being sued would consider intentionally leaving an old failed valve in place to be a last resort...

Personally, I would much rather cut into the wall and do it right than hope the packing in the old valve won't fail a year from now while I'm not home. ("Right" IMHO meaning to remove the old valve and extend the pipe out far enough to install a new valve outside the wall where you can replace it easily next time it fails.)


That's what I would do. Tile carefully removed can be replaced and OP
should be able to do the revealing himself before the plumber shows up
and patch after he leaves.

Replacement valve I mentioned was needed to replace a failed valve that
had a leak in it and even though it was not frozen and could be shut off
the leak was before the shut off in the valve body itself.