Illuminado posted:

Had a fun weekend. Girlfriend asked if I could install new shower fixtures that she picked up a while ago, complained that it was hard to dial in the temp on her old Delta knob valve and had pretty low pressure on the hot line.

Opened up the wall and it's all galvy. Had a dialectric fitting in place to transition to copper and brass on the old valve, so I thought I'd upgrade those.



Yeah... it's bad.

I busted that big rusty cyst off and hope that would help a bit, but I know that this is only kicking the can down the road and is going to have to be addressed later, but not in one weekend, not when there's only one bath in the house.



But I got the new valve soldered in, and I feel a bit more comfortable with my soldering. I hated to hit the plastic pieces in the dialetric fittings, but with the street elbows, I couldn't get them around that angle to save them the heat, thankfully the important bit was undisturbed.



Used Tape and Thread Sealant to make sure all the threaded bits weren't going to give me a headache.



Cleaned up the mess when I was done with a convenient cover (I'll drywall later).



The tub spout was not sealing properly and was made out of loving plastic (loving Delta) and there's a replacement waiting for me next time I'm over there.



Water pressure is still questionable, but at least it doesn't get cold when you flush the toilet. Can't wait to replumb the whole house .