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I can see that as a good rule of thumb, since seats are probably pretty cheap (I just got them in this full kit). But to be honest 2 out of 3 of the 25 year old ones I replaced look just fine. Only the hot water one was all messed up.

These were installed when I built my house (well, I didn't do it myself) in 1994. I have replaced the washers a few times. Last time I did so, 6 months later one of them was leaking again. I swapped it out and the recently replaced one was "all tore up" rather than "all mashed down" as some...

Thanks for the extra detail. Yeah these things are all rusted together, the set screw on the circular flange isn't going anywhere and the tubes aren't about to come off. Yes the rebuild kit also comes with replacement valve seats.

One of my points of confusion came from the fact that I'd taken the valve out of the decorative tube previously and thought perhaps it would be possible to simply replace the decorative tube. However the rebuild kits are simply a whole new valve assembly including the decorative parts.

OK I'm going to break through the suspense. Mfr is Price-Pfister. I went to local Ace Hardware and the guy didn't know the mfr. or have anything directly replacing it and wasn't too sure about installation details. 1/2 mile later at the plumbing specialty store they told me all about it and...

I've pulled these out and replaced the washer on the end to stop the leaking. That much is OK. However, the external cosmetic bits (tube and cover disc, whatever it's called) are rusted onto the valve body and cannot easily be removed. I would like to replace them as they are all...

OK I think I figured out what is going on. My pressure regulator is a Watts L25AUB. The current version of this is: http://www.watts.com/pages/_products_details.asp?pid=6805 I took this apart today and made sure there was no crud in it. Long story short, I am sure that when my neighbor and...

I have 1" PVC leading into the house from the water meter near the street which is about 20 to 30 feet higher. A 90 elbow in the PVC failed behind a retaining wall. My neighbor dug it out and we replaced the section with a flexible coupler. We also had cut the service pipe near the meter to...