OMG!!! There's a tool I don't have!!

[ZRX61]

Swapped out the brass valve seat doodads & the washers on a couple of faucets. Removed the old & installed the new by using a flat screwdriver pushed into the valve seat... Thought to myself "Yanno, there's probably some spiffy tool for this..."

& it turns out there is:

http://www.greydock.com/hb-c1108.html?gclid=CM_P1sP9yswCFceCfgodsB4Kvw

Lowes has a pretty much identical set for $35.88

http://www.lowes.com/pd_621975-1366-60929_0__?productId=50219489

BUT!! Now I know what they look like I shall keep an eye out at yard/estate sales

 

[Jarhead0408]

Hmm.

That's a new one for me as well.

 

[shoot summ]

Swapped out the brass valve seat doodads & the washers on a couple of faucets. Removed the old & installed the new by using a flat screwdriver pushed into the valve seat... Thought to myself "Yanno, there's probably some spiffy tool for this..."

& it turns out there is:

http://www.greydock.com/hb-c1108.html?gclid=CM_P1sP9yswCFceCfgodsB4Kvw

Lowes has a pretty much identical set for $35.88

http://www.lowes.com/pd_621975-1366-60929_0__?productId=50219489

BUT!! Now I know what they look like I shall keep an eye out at yard/estate sales

I've got an older set, L shaped, different sizes/shapes on each end.

 

[ZRX61]

I've got an older set, L shaped, different sizes/shapes on each end.

Horrible Fright sell the L shaped version for about $5. It has stepped ends with 2 or 3 sizes on each end.

 

[SARG]

Sorry lads.... aint about your tools ....... it's about having ancient faucets.

 

[ZRX61]

Sorry lads.... aint about your tools ....... it's about having ancient faucets.

This house is about 30 years old & nothing has even been upgraded. My old place was twice as old & had ceramic spiffiness in the faucet dept.

I've been in the US for 25 years & still have the occasional "oh, so that's how they do it out here in the colonies" moment.

 

[LXCam]

Lowes also carries the multi step L shapes ones to for like $10.

 

[theoldwizard1]

A/C service guys use a tool similar to that that has a stubby hex/torx (?) for opening and closing service valves.

I have an "ancient" Craftsman 1/2" X 9/16" ratcheting double box end that looks almost identical.

 

[shortykorte]

Plumbers tool definitely fall into the "using the right tool...."

Go to some pawn shops and look in tool boxes or assorted tool bins. Great place to find sets.

 

[four.cycle]

ahhh... yes... but do you have the little gizmo to dress the seat?

http://www.sears.com/superior-tool-...gclid=CK_kh4mQy8wCFUiGfgodE-UF5g&gclsrc=aw.ds



now there's two more tools you need to add to your list!!!

 

[ZRX61]

ahhh... yes... but do you have the little gizmo to dress the seat?

http://www.sears.com/superior-tool-...gclid=CK_kh4mQy8wCFUiGfgodE-UF5g&gclsrc=aw.ds



now there's two more tools you need to add to your list!!!

That must be for a different type, the ones I'm dealing with have beveled brass seats.

 

[southalabama]

Plumbers seem to have a lot of specialty tools.

I've started buying them too and throwing in a "plumbing toolbox"

 

[fourjeepin]

I recently went though this (1953 house) and bought the Home Depot version for a whopping $7.47.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-6-Step-Faucet-Seat-Wrench-HDX157/204218633

 

[Motorman55]

Ahaaaah...Got a couple L types I found and been wondering what the hell their used for. Thank You

 

[WhiskeyRanger]

Plumbers seem to have a lot of specialty tools.

I've started buying them too and throwing in a "plumbing toolbox"

I remember the day I learned about the basin wrench. It did two things, it made faucet installation much easier, and it gave me one more reason to be come an electrician instead of a plumber.

 

[Roberts210]

I have an old square Nicholson file that has a square, tapered tang. I've used it for years to remove and install seats. Works great.

 

[bmxdad]

House was built in 1910 or 1901, depending on what paper work you read, and power and water added in the 30's ... bought a seat tool when I bought the house.

If you let the old faucets drip, it'll erode the seat and tear the rubber seal making it drip more ... until it's a continuos flow. don't take long either ...

 

[four.cycle]

"...If you let the old faucets drip, it'll erode the seat..."

^ that's where the seat dressing tool comes in.

 

[bob15]

This is a better style.....centers the cutting tool better:

http://www.amazon.com/LASCO-13-1065-Grinder-Reseater-Resurface/dp/B000FH6FT8

 

[bmxdad]

Those are generally for non replaceable seats, but work on the copper ones just fine ...

 

[bonneyman]

A/C service guys use a tool similar to that that has a stubby hex/torx (?) for opening and closing service valves.

I have an "ancient" Craftsman 1/2" X 9/16" ratcheting double box end that looks almost identical.

Like this?

http://yellowjacket.com/product/service-wrench-and-adapter/