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I’m not a plumber, nor do I pretend to dabble in plimbing…
Can you switch the ball valve and turn handle to a PVC product? That’s a thing, right?
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Maybe. That reminds me, there are ball valves that have an extra long shaft (like 10cm). So I could box the thing nicely with wood frame & tile, caulk the box for easy access the next time the valve needs to be replaced, and have just the handle exposed (almost like it was before). Two problems though:
- these valves with a longer shaft are 20× more expensive than regular ball valves.
- i’m not sure it’s possible to seal the small hole around the shaft since the shaft must be able to move.
If those problems were solved, I could possibly even hand-make PVC handle.