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

To: "Mark Andy" <marka@maracing.com>, "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] faucets, mixing valves, and regular valves
From: "John Niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:42:26 -0500
Mark,

I have a mop sink in my garage.... the faucet set I use has a threaded 
aerator... you can a backflow preventor that will fit these threads that 
will convert to a hose bib... then use the regular faucet controls for your 
'mixing' and hook your hose directly to the faucet...
john

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Andy" <marka@maracing.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:42 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] faucets, mixing valves, and regular valves


> 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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