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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