Taught myself a new trick - Plumbing Zone

canuck92 · 07-09-2019, 04:28 PM

These comercial kitchen sink mounted faucets always seem to be loose and flopping around, decided to try some shower lock 90's today.
Worked like a charm nice an tight, only thing i found was the escushions dont sit flush to the sink cause of the lock 90.
What have you guys done with these?

The Dane · 07-09-2019, 08:23 PM

I like these flanges sink ell fittings with a close nipple nipple in faucet and through sink hole and then the sink ell nice and tight up against the backside of the sink It seems to work good. It's been a while since I did one and last time I used a big washer or 2 on the backside to make it work.

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Toli · 07-09-2019, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dane

I like these flanges sink ell fittings with a close nipple nipple in faucet and through sink hole and then the sink ell nice and tight up against the backside of the sink It seems to work good. It's been a while since I did one and last time I used a big washer or 2 on the backside to make it work.

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That’s how I do it. You then stand a chance of changing the faucet without removing the sink.

Toli · 07-09-2019, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by canuck92

These comercial kitchen sink mounted faucets always seem to be loose and flopping around, decided to try some shower lock 90's today.
Worked like a charm nice an tight, only thing i found was the escushions dont sit flush to the sink cause of the lock 90.
What have you guys done with these?

One thing to keep in mind- some sinks don’t have a deep enough backsplash to squeeze all that back there.

Plumbus · 07-10-2019, 02:07 PM

This is an option.
https://api.ferguson.com/dar-step-se...UCT_ID=4040056
Here's another
https://www.tsbrass.com/p/miscellaneous-parts/B-0426

breplum · 07-11-2019, 12:14 PM

We use/stack large galv. Steel washers as spacers between the s.s. Splash and the brass fitting. Even a close nipple usually needs one or two

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sparky · 07-14-2019, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by breplum

We use/stack large galv. Steel washers as spacers between the s.s. Splash and the brass fitting. Even a close nipple usually needs one or two

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What he said

ShtRnsdownhill · 07-14-2019, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by breplum

We use/stack large galv. Steel washers as spacers between the s.s. Splash and the brass fitting. Even a close nipple usually needs one or two

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and a drop of silicone between each washer helps keep it all together and from shifting when they bang big pots into the faucet..

skoronesa · 07-14-2019, 03:36 PM

You could also use a 1/2" romex nut or cut the end off of a coupling.

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JimmyMac · 07-17-2019, 03:21 PM

This and only this is what we use, made for the application:
https://www.tsbrass.com/p/parts-kits/B-0230-K

07-09-2019, 04:28 PM	#1
canuck92 canuckPlumBbob Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: ontario Posts: 447 My Photos	These comercial kitchen sink mounted faucets always seem to be loose and flopping around, decided to try some shower lock 90's today. Worked like a charm nice an tight, only thing i found was the escushions dont sit flush to the sink cause of the lock 90. What have you guys done with these? Attached Thumbnails MACPLUMB777 likes this.

07-09-2019, 08:23 PM	#2
The Dane Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NW Minnesota Posts: 829 My Photos	I like these flanges sink ell fittings with a close nipple nipple in faucet and through sink hole and then the sink ell nice and tight up against the backside of the sink It seems to work good. It's been a while since I did one and last time I used a big washer or 2 on the backside to make it work. Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk GAN, skoronesa and MACPLUMB777 like this.

07-11-2019, 12:14 PM	#6
breplum Plumbing since 1974 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lafayette, (SF Bay Area) California Posts: 89 My Photos	We use/stack large galv. Steel washers as spacers between the s.s. Splash and the brass fitting. Even a close nipple usually needs one or two Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk sparky, skoronesa, ShtRnsdownhill and 3 others like this. __________________ Marc Brenner Company Lafayette, CA 925 283-3408

07-14-2019, 03:36 PM	#9
skoronesa Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,281 My Photos	You could also use a 1/2" romex nut or cut the end off of a coupling. . Tango and MASTRPLUMB like this. __________________ Want privacy from the diy/hacks? Too bad, the motherland has fallen, freedom is dead. "I'd rather have Questions that can't be answered, then Answers that can't be questioned"

07-17-2019, 03:21 PM	#10
JimmyMac Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 54 My Photos	This and only this is what we use, made for the application: https://www.tsbrass.com/p/parts-kits/B-0230-K skoronesa likes this.

07-10-2019, 02:07 PM	#5
Plumbus Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Peninsula Posts: 2,146 My Photos	This is an option. https://api.ferguson.com/dar-step-se...UCT_ID=4040056 Here's another https://www.tsbrass.com/p/miscellaneous-parts/B-0426

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