I hate plumbing...
I really, really really hate any and everything about plumbing.
Supposedly the Romans had a hand in being the first ones to bring running water inside a house.
Assuming that's true, then it's been over two thousand years that plumbing has been around.
You would think that in all that time, someone would have come up with some way to make plumbing less miserable than a tax audit or being boiled in oil.
I pulled the sink/cabinet to lay a new floor. The faucet had been working fine and the valves, while old, were dry as a bone.
When I put it all back together, the hot supply and the faucet leaked like crazy.
No problem, I picked up two new supply lines , two new shut off valves and a new faucet.
What unwritten law is there that says if you fix a leaking shut off valve on the hot side, the one on the cold side, that didn't leak, but you replace it anyhow because you have everything all torn up & the valve is old so you might as well replace it now and be done with it, will spring a leak?
I replaced the shutoff on the cold side and it sealed fine around the stub from the wall - but - the threads on the supply leaked because they were messed up.
I didn't know that until I removed it.
I replaced the one with the damaged supply threads and the supply connection was fine.....the stub connection leaked..no matter how tight, it leaked..
So, I figured it was bad threads on that connection on that valve so I replaced that valve. That replacement leaked at both the stub and the supply....
So, another new valve and a new supply line for good measure. Supply fine - stub drips...
Another new valve...supply fine, stub drips.
Off to Lowes to pick up a different brand of valve...
Supply fine, stub drips...
Somewhere in the whole process, it appears that the threads on the stub got messed up.
Soooooo it's back to the store for a compression fitting & with any amount of luck I have enough room underneath to swing a pipe cutter and cut off the threaded section of the stub.
Oh yeah,,,,the valve at the main?
Well, that was bone dry before this whole ordeal started....
Now there's a big puddle on the floor...
Looks like my hopes for a 14 inch bandsaw just went the way of the wind & I'll be financing the first semester of medical school for some plumber's kid...
Bah - I hate plumbing.....