Okay, More Faucet

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Okay, More Faucet
Topic Started: May 29 2012, 08:06 AM (672 Views)
Trotsky	May 29 2012, 08:06 AM Post #1
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Making me NUTS Department: I have matching double Kohler faucets in kitchen, bathroom and bathtub/shower. All that they differ in is size but otherwiise a matched set of chrome covered brass. Now, to turn the kitchen faucets ON I turn the knobs COUNTERCLOCKWISE and CLOCKWISE for OFF. In the bathroom sink I turn faucets ON by turning COUNTERCLOCKWISE...etc. So far so good...the universe is sane. But now in the SHOWER, it is reversed. ON is CLOCKWISE and OFF is COUNTERCLOCKWISE...this is different from the rest of the universe. So when I am in the shower and I get a burst of hot water I instinctively turn the hot faucet CLOCKWISE to turn it off which, of course SCALDS ME! So I know how I am going to meet my death...with a smashed cranium from falling out of the tub onto a tile floor, wrapped demurely in a shower curtain. Edited by Trotsky, May 29 2012, 08:07 AM.

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Changi	Jun 7 2012, 08:58 AM Post #46
WWS UK Correspondent Posts: 1,755 Group: Member Member #703 Joined: November 19, 2009	wildie Jun 6 2012, 12:28 PM campy Jun 6 2012, 05:40 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep Buy Chinese, they never leak! :super: Chinese quality can't always be relied on IMHO - the 'stainless steel' sink put in my kitchen shows rust stains from time to time. Living here in Sheffield the home of high quality stainless steels it makes me a little annoyed - but then it was cheap, so I'll live with it and wire wool the flaws when I clean the basin.



wildie	Jun 7 2012, 02:55 PM Post #47
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Changi Jun 7 2012, 08:58 AM wildie Jun 6 2012, 12:28 PM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep Chinese quality can't always be relied on IMHO - the 'stainless steel' sink put in my kitchen shows rust stains from time to time. Living here in Sheffield the home of high quality stainless steels it makes me a little annoyed - but then it was cheap, so I'll live with it and wire wool the flaws when I clean the basin. Changi, I have to tell you, my tongue was in my cheek when I made that post! I feel that we are throwing the baby out with the dishwater, when we buy Chinese! :crying: Edited by wildie, Jun 7 2012, 02:56 PM.



Trotsky	Jun 8 2012, 08:13 AM Post #48
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: By ME: (I would take my shower faucet apart to see firsthand but I don't know how to shut off the water except to kill the hot water to the entire buiding or to my line (of 42 apartments.)There is a suspicious bolt under each faucet stem, inside the wall. Perhaps it's a shutoff? Or else just a bleeder screw? I'm a little frightened of going there. If I break something behind the tiles I'll be in deep doo-doo. Maybe a snapshot is in order and you can advise me. As promised, the snapshot of the bolt/valve. The handyman yesterday confirmed they were indeed shutoff valves. (That chrome piece at the top swivels around the pipe and covers the hole in the tile.) And I JUST learned how to use the BROWSE function: Attached to this post: IMG_0244.jpg (125.73 KB)



wildie	Jun 8 2012, 01:22 PM Post #49
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Jun 8 2012, 08:13 AM Quote: By ME: (I would take my shower faucet apart to see firsthand but I don't know how to shut off the water except to kill the hot water to the entire buiding or to my line (of 42 apartments.)There is a suspicious bolt under each faucet stem, inside the wall. Perhaps it's a shutoff? Or else just a bleeder screw? I'm a little frightened of going there. If I break something behind the tiles I'll be in deep doo-doo. Maybe a snapshot is in order and you can advise me. As promised, the snapshot of the bolt/valve. The handyman yesterday confirmed they were indeed shutoff valves. (That chrome piece at the top swivels around the pipe and covers the hole in the tile.) And I JUST learned how to use the BROWSE function: It makes sense, when you think about it. If the whole building needed to be shut off, just to service the washer in somebodies faucet, there would many unhappy people living there. Those shutoffs probably only cost a couple of bucks! BROUSE button? Oh yah! For finding a file on your computer that you want to up-load to WWS! Edited by wildie, Jun 8 2012, 01:24 PM.



Trotsky	Jun 9 2012, 12:56 AM Post #50
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: Those shutoffs probably only cost a couple of bucks! The shutoff is part and parcel of the faucet assembly, clever of Kohler. I would have had to take off the cover plate atop the picture to show the whole shebang and that rotating plate is attached with a tiny set-screw piece so that would mean finding the teeny weeny screw driver again. biggrin 04 With all this fiddling with valves, faucets, and toilet replacing I have come to the conclusion that I would highly recommend KOHLER to anyone with a proviso about the premium (read breathtaking) prices. Edited by Trotsky, Jun 9 2012, 12:58 AM.



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