Help installing washing machine valve box.
I bought a new washer and the installer damaged the hot water valve when he was trying to remove the hot water line. I thought I could simply swap the valves by unscrewing them, but after using a lot of elbow grease I realize that they were soldered in. I opened up the dry wall and after some research I decide to use SharkBite connectors. The problem is that the new box is much smaller than the original and I don't have a good idea how to secure it. Also the copper pipe on the cold side is too close to the new box for a coupling and another pex pipe. This somehow turned into a much bigger project, and I am not sure the best way to move forward other than paying someone to fix this mess. As a work around I installed a couple of vales directly on the half inch copper pipe. submitted by /u/OnlyOnezy [link] [comments]
I bought a new washer and the installer damaged the hot water valve when he was trying to remove the hot water line. I thought I could simply swap the valves by unscrewing them, but after using a lot of elbow grease I realize that they were soldered in. I opened up the dry wall and after some research I decide to use SharkBite connectors. The problem is that the new box is much smaller than the original and I don't have a good idea how to secure it. Also the copper pipe on the cold side is too close to the new box for a coupling and another pex pipe.
This somehow turned into a much bigger project, and I am not sure the best way to move forward other than paying someone to fix this mess.
As a work around I installed a couple of vales directly on the half inch copper pipe.
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