Plumbing question

[Ulu]

You just have the wrong washers.

The washer looks almost like a hemisphere with a hole in it.

One face flat and the other quite convex.

Same thing used on toilets for 50 years..

 

[jyabs7]

You just have the wrong washers.

The washer looks almost like a hemisphere with a hole in it.

One face flat and the other quite convex.

Same thing used on toilets for 50 years..

I posted a reply and it disapeared apparently...which washer to do I need then? I had another failed trip to the store today (55 miles away so it's not very nice when it doesn't work out). This time they gave me a 1/2FIP to 3/8 comp adapter. While it fit perfect on the valve, it does me no good for the comp end. i'm going to clamp a line onto it so i can atleast fill the tank for now. But i'd still love to get this sink going for water changes.

 

[Ulu]

I can't see the inside of the hose, but it looks like a normal toilet hose.

This video shows the new seal. (red)

If you have two toilets, steal the seal from one and try it before you drive back to the store.

 

[Ulu]

No thats a compression fitting. The inside of the pipe needs to be shaped like an inverted pyramid.

I think you mean it has the shape of a truncated sphere or cone.

 

[twentyleagues]

I think you mean it has the shape of a truncated sphere or cone.

Sure.

 

[jyabs7]

I think you mean it has the shape of a truncated sphere or cone.

I went to a public school, let's keep this simple

 

[deeda]

Do you happen to have a garden hose available, if so be sure the rubber washer is installed in the female end and thread it on that water line fitting IF it screws on easily, DO NOT force the garden hose female threads on.

 

[jyabs7]

Do you happen to have a garden hose available, if so be sure the rubber washer is installed in the female end and thread it on that water line fitting IF it screws on easily, DO NOT force the garden hose female threads on.

Just tried it, the female end of a 1/2 garden hose is way too big. Ugh hah. Theres gotta be an adapter somewhere to make this thing work.

 

[deeda]

No problem, thanks for trying. The fitting looked larger in the picture you posted.

Can you tell if that fitting is soldered into the valve or does it look like it is threaded in? Try cleaning the connection below that fitting with a wire brush to see if it is actually threads. IF it is a threaded fitting, you might be able to unscrew it from the valve using 2 wrenches, a pipe wrench to hold the globe valve and a crescent wrench or 2nd pipe wrench on the flats of the fitting. Sometimes though some portion of an OLD threaded fitting could break off in the valve which just requires more work to remove the broken piece.

If you can unscrew the fitting, just take it to the store and match it up for a hose OR if you can't find a match, the store should be able to get the right part to replace that fitting so you can hook it up with the correct hose to the sink faucet.

 

[Ulu]

That fitting and valve are both soldered on. If it screwed on there would be flats for the wrench.