Re: Leaking Toilet Water Supply Valve Repair Guide

 Paul Michaels wrote:


http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Toilet-Water-Supply-Valve-Leak-Repair-Guide/

That's a nice summary. Thanks.

You might add something about quarter-turn valves. They're the latest
standard.

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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX

 
I commend you on offering this guide to those who need it.  A couple
of comments:

1) Your pictures really show how much the quality of the standard shut
off valve stem has dropped in 25 years.  The old one was mainly brass,
looking really good, and the new one was almost all plastic.
Hopefully you might get half the life out of the new valve that you
got from the last one.  Was there a screw holding the washer on the
stem?  If so, you could have spent 25 cents on a new washer instead of
$5 on a new valve.

2) If the old valve was leaking out the stem, you could probably have
tightened the nut down to stop the leak.  It works 80% of the time for
me.  I have houses with shut offs that are 50 years old that still
work well.

JK