In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:21:38 -0500,
gfre...@aol.com wrote:
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>>THEY DON'T SEEM TO SELL HANDLES LIKE MINE, WHICH IS FOR A FLUTED STEM,
>>WITH 8 FLUTES. The closest I can find is
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https://www.homedepot.com/p/DANCO-16-pt-Round-Valve-Wheel-Handle-80417/203675124
>>with 16 bumps sticking towards the center from the circumference.
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>>THAT MEANS ONE BUMP FOR EVERY GROOVE, BUT ANOTHER BUMP FOR EVERY RIDGE
>>BETWEEN THE GROOVES. That won't work, will it? Either it won't go on
>>or it won't turn the stem, right?
>Get a replacement knob with all the inserts for various stems and see
I can't find that, including at two big plumbing supply houses I looked
on webpages for Ace, HomeDepot, Lowes, Amazon, Ebay, Somerville (which
is big but not enormous) and Ferguson plumbling supply, which sells
NIBCO valves but not handles. It's 45 dollars for a valve and the
handle probably wouldn't fit anyhow.
I can find only one with a square hole and an optional 1/2" long sleeve
and they don't bother to give a picture of the end of the sleeve. They
give 4 pictures, but none of the most important part of it.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-Metallic-Knob-Bathroom-Sink-Faucet-Handle/50063819?user=shopping
The ones they do sell fit square stems or with 16 or 12 "points".
>if one fits. It may look a little fancier than that one you have but
>it will work.
Then I'll have to buy two. They must match!! But they don't sell any .
I looked at radiator handles too. They sell "universal" ones, but all
the inserts are square, of different sizes.
There is no glue or epoxy I can put into the hole in my current handle
that is strong enough to turn the stem, is there? PC-7 or PC11 or newer
ones, they'll all crumble or slip, won't they? Either between the old
handle and the glue, or between the glue and the stem.
They sell this thing, but it's hideous:
https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Plumbing-Handle-Emergency-Replacement-One/dp/B00M16DANU/ref=sr_1_2
I coudln't be the only one in these shoes. What do people do?
I guess I left out the last sentence. Now that it's away from the wall
and i can reach the hose, I changed the hose. Both were stainless steel
clad but the first was from an independant hardware store 30 years ago
(after the all-rubber hose sprang a leak and I could hear water running
when I woke up in the morning. Not a good sound to hear.) And the new
one is in vinyl Ace Hardware bag and its hose is thicker than the old
one. I didn't check if there was a visible difference in the quality of
the connecctors, but otoh, the first one lasted 20 years, so it wasn't
that bad.
Last night, when I'd only replaced the leaky cold-water hose, the
larger diameter new cold water hose overwhelmed the hot water and the
"warm" water was mostly cold. so I changed the other hose too.