[Shop-talk] faucets, mixing valves, and regular valves

[Pat Horne]

A mixing valve should work for you if you don't need mass quantities of 
water. They are usually plumbed with 1/2" line. which is fine for sever 
gallons a minute, but not much more.

If you decide to go with a DIY of 2 valves I would recommend ball valves 
instead of gate valves. They shut off better and can pass more water 
than the run of the mill (Lowes) gate valves. They are probably cheaper 
also.

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake Mark Andy, On 6/30/2011 5:42 PM:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm putting a laundry tub in my garage.  In addition to the regular 
> faucet, I'd like to have a separate hose bib so that I can run a short 
> section of garden hose w/a nozzle for spraying off stuff, filling up 
> buckets on the floor, etc.  I want it to be able to be hot/cold/whatever.
>
> Initially I was thinking I'd replace the 'head' of the faucet with an 
> adapter to a T, then back to the faucet, with a hose bib off the side 
> of the T.
>
> Looking around at Lowes, it looks like that may be hard to do.  So 
> instead I'm wondering if I can just Y off the incoming hot/cold water 
> connections and run one set to the faucet and the other set to a pair 
> of 'gate valves' (the configuration that looked most useful was called 
> a "garden valve" at Lowes), then to a Y, then to a hose bib.
>
> And finally my question... Is a mixing valve like on a regular faucet 
> just two valves plumbed to a T or is there more to it than that?  I 
> wasn't sure if there was some type of one way valve incorporated as 
> well, so that a fully open hot water valve couldn't 'push' hot water 
> into a partially opened cold water valve.
>
> Appreciate any pointers!
>
> Mark
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