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Haha, that sounds like a plan!

Sorry, that’s what I meant. The shower valve.

We do still plan to replace the faucet.

The shower head is pretty old. It doesn’t even have a cartridge. After disassembling, it seemed to be in good shape. I’m not home at the moment but I believe the meter is 1/2”. Here’s a pic I took but can’t tell if it shows in it.

That is all very helpful, actually. currently, there is only one bathroom, on the second floor, but we intend to add a master bathroom in the finished attic. the shower currently doesn’t have any hot water pressure. I thought it was the cartridge, but upon removing it and running the water...

Thanks for the replies! We just moved to Lancaster, PA. I do not know how to solder copper and cpvc is so easy to work with. Everyone I ever talked to indicated that cpvc is so much better than copper. This is the first I’m hearing otherwise. Copper requires using a torch and solder to work...

Hello all, my family and I just moved into a 1920’s home and one of the first things I want to do is update the water lines from copper to cpvc. Our previous (and first) home was in the country with a well, and this house is in the city, so it’s our first experience with city water. The line...

Update: I bought a cast iron specific blade and cut the pipe roughly as indicated in frodo's suggestion. Now I just need to go pick up a bit of 4" pvc pipe and I can glue it all together and move on!

Awesome, that sounds like a plan! I sort of wish I had pursued that option from the start, but I guess you live and you learn. Thank you both for the advice.

Ok, thanks for the advice. As far as cutting the cast iron, would I need to rent a cast iron pipe cutter or could I get by with a sawsall?

Hello, I am new to the forum and I have a predicament that I'm hoping to get some direction on. I am in the process of renovating our upstairs bathroom in our 1910 home, including running new plumbing. I am running PVC for the DWV lines and need to connect them to the existing Cast Iron main...