Found a Grohe Concetto kitchen faucet on the web at a good price and replaced the old White one today. Has pull-out sprayer and is higher than the white one that we replaced. Thanks to Roland, who introduced me to Sharkbites, the process was less painful that I had anticipated. It was a challenge getting up and under and between the stuff under the counter top but it worked out well. It took about 3 hours including travel time to the local Depot for parts. There was a certain amount of head banging, cursing and scrunching involved in the install. We like our newest upgrade and am looking forward to NOT having water leaking onto the counter top. I know that we could have gotten new seals or something from the Mfg. but opted for this replacement. Next comes the third waste valve and replacement of the Black electric gate valve.
Nice looking job Scott. The man who invented the sharkbite system deserves to be drinking a drink with an umbrella in it on some private beach somewhere. :P :P
Larry
Gotta love Sharkbite fittings. I usually have a couple spares with me. And when you get to the small stuff John Guest fitting are great.
Roland
Oh Roland the wise one - What spares do you carry? John Guest fittings?
I have spare straight fittings and right angles in both Sharkbite and John Guest. Left over from stuff that I have done on our fiver and coach. When I start a new job I use what I have then replace.
Roland
Is that just a filtered water dispenser? If so, you really need an Insta-Hot Hot/cold dispenser there, you know. Just a tiny little additional project...
Nice job Scott. What a great improvement. ;D
Nice job. I am changing mine out too. I am putting in solid surface a new sink and faucet.
Brad - Insta Hot - Maybe some day. Got some other stuff to do first. :-D
And we pulled out our instahot, we never used it, and put in a hand washing soap dispenser which we do use. Different strokes as they say.
Roalnd
OK I'll bite, what are Sharkbites. I must have missed a chapter, but like most RVers I'm quite sure I need one/some.
Dick Lokar
They are a newer style of connector for plumbing. Expensive, brass and easy to use, or reuse, and worth the money. They will work on our Foretravel plastic pipes, allowing us to cut the pipes, and slip the sharkbite on, to do what ever it is designed to do. They make connectors, 90 degrees, and T's. Worth having a walk down the plumbing isle to grab some common sizes for spares or repairs.
Just one caution: Older coaches (such as our 1995) use polybutylene pipe, and its inside dimensions are not the same as Pex pipe. Therefore, it's important to use the proper type of connector for the type of pipe used in one's coach.
The knowledge on this forum never stops amazing me.
I have cut and used sharkbite fittings on the tubing in my 93 GV. Cutting the polybutylene pipe deforms it a bit, bit I reform it and make sure the cut is square before using the sharkbite fitting. It has been working for me with no leaks. I have tried cementing that polybutylene pipe with absolutely no success, only thing that works is the crimp fittings.....and the sharkbite fitting.
Roland
Thanks of the quick reply. I'll look for sharkbites on my next trip to Home Depot.
Dick
1998 U270 36'
They do make crimp adapters to go from polybutylene to Pex and I will use those when I need to replace pipe in my 95.
"Shark Bite" style fittings also come in PVC much cheaper and lighter. I got mine at Menards ;)