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Agrackle
Citizen
Username: Agrackle
Post Number: 6
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 3:29 pm: | 
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Does anyone have a suggestion on where to get a kit/parts to convert an old pedestal sink with separate hot and cold spouts to the modern variety where the water comes out of the same spout? It's a bear to wash my face/shave in the morning unless I fill the sink with water, and who knows what's been in my sink.
Saw an episode of Ask This Old House once when they did this but I failed to Tivo it.
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David Cataneo
Citizen
Username: Dave_cataneo
Post Number: 58
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 4:00 pm: |
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Are you looking for something like this?
http://www.signofthecrab.com/2005/page54.htm |
Agrackle
Citizen
Username: Agrackle
Post Number: 7
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 4:25 pm: |
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Thanks for the link David, but I was hoping for the standard, separate hot and cold knobs (which would replace separate hot knob and faucet and cold knob and faucet) with center faucet. I know it won't be a perfect fit, which is why I thought there might be some conversion kit available/required. Thoughts on this? |
David Cataneo
Citizen
Username: Dave_cataneo
Post Number: 59
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 4:34 pm: |
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Does your basin have a center hole for a spout? Maybe your pop-up lift rod or a chrome blank circle is there now. If so, any wide-spread basin faucet should fit. Otherwise,I've seen conversion kits that span the 2 individual basin spigots by means of a push-on rubber gasket, but I think that's something you might find at a hardware store. I've never seen one in a plumbing supply. |
Agrackle
Citizen
Username: Agrackle
Post Number: 8
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 5:36 pm: |
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It does. There are 3 holes, one for the hot spout and knob, one for the cold spout and knob, and a center hole for the pop-up lift rod (using your terminology). Should work right?
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Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7730
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 6:02 pm: |
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Agrackle, is your sink an American Standard rectangle jobby from the 1920s?
We had one in our old house and I did the conversion. The spout fit in the area where the pop up lift rod was located. If I recall correctly I bought the kit at Community Plumbing on Route 22 in Springfield. This was very utilitarian looking, with those knurled type of nobs. However, I did this over twenty years ago and with the popularity of restoring old sinks I imagine some nicer styles are probably available these days.
A word of caution. These old sinks don't have an overflow so the fitting below the drain is different than on modern sinks. The correct fitting was included in the kit I bought.
I imagine I have raised more questions than I have answered.  |
David Cataneo
Citizen
Username: Dave_cataneo
Post Number: 60
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 7:32 pm: |
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You're looking for something like this:
http://deltacom.deltafaucet.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_CU/.cmd/act/.c/6_1_9I/.ce/7_1_DG/.p/5_1_9F/.d/2/_th/J_1_6A/_s .7_0_A/7_0_CU?PC_7_1_DG_url=http%3A%2F%2Fblumar.deltafaucet.com%3A3128%2Fcda%2FP roduct.jsp%3Ftask%3DProductDetail%26area%3DBath%26function%3DLavatory%26group%3D Widespread%26collection%3DClassic%26pid%3D3544-WF
Go to New Jersey Plumbing Supply on Newark way (973) 761-4567. They'll have a them in different styles and prices.
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Agrackle
Citizen
Username: Agrackle
Post Number: 9
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 4:07 pm: |
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Thanks David and Bobkat, I'll check them both out and let you know how it worked out. |
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