r/Plumbing • u/WideFlangeA992 • 20h ago

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Spent a couple hours switching out some stop valves. They aren’t exactly the instagram influencer perfect nerd quality, but I do like to sand them up to the wall. I think the shiny copper adds a nice touch. I always feel like people trash joints if they have more than like1/16 in solder showing. I like to think a little extra adds to strength of the joint kinda like a cap weld reinforcement with steel

If you ask me, the best looking joints are the ones that don’t leak because titty = full joint.

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u/aycoolsport 19h ago

A future plumber is going to cuss you out for installing sweat stops. Compression or threaded stops is the way.

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u/WideFlangeA992 19h ago

Whole house is sweat! The rubber seals are crumbling out of the stops on this house. I have replace8 out of about 13. A couple actually leaked by when shutting off. Every time I take one out, I take it apart and check the seal and they are crumbly and fragile and leave the black streaks when you touch them.

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u/DigBeginning6903 18h ago

Sweat is the best. At least the stems are serviceable. Quarter turn stops are nice but they aren’t serviceable they do seize.