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06-20-2020, 02:22 PM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: May 2012
Location: N.C. Mountains
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Faucets replaced!
My wife has never liked the cheep plastic two knob faucets in the kitchen or the bathroom on our 5er. So, today I replace both with better one Handle metal faucets. Can’t say it was easy due to lack of room. The bathroom basically was done by feel.
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06-20-2020, 02:40 PM
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Site Team
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Location: mo
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Looks Good!
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06-20-2020, 02:48 PM
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Site Team
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Location: PA
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Always a good idea to replace the cheap faucets. Good job.
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Lehighton, Pennsylvania
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06-21-2020, 04:14 AM
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Seasonal Camper
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: PA
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much better look!
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06-21-2020, 12:18 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Illinois
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I'm with your wife. And, they aren't long enough. That was one of the first things we changed on our. I've been happy ever since. Yours looks great.
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06-22-2020, 09:38 PM
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Family Vacation Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: TN
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Go back and check all again; I once forgot to tighten a fitting, all dry hour later when I left; blew off 8-hours later at 2am :-(
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06-23-2020, 07:01 AM
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Full Time Camper
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Yea I’ve checked but will double and triple check. Thanks
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06-24-2020, 05:12 AM
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Weekend Camper
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Much better!
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06-28-2020, 02:31 PM
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New Camper
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Kansas
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looks great! Are they anything special or did you buy regular home faucets?
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06-28-2020, 04:17 PM
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Family Vacation Member
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Location: VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa-T
My wife has never liked the cheep plastic two knob faucets in the kitchen or the bathroom on our 5er. So, today I replace both with better one Handle metal faucets. Can’t say it was easy due to lack of room. The bathroom basically was done by feel.
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I replaced our kitchen faucet with a one handle Moen in white and a matching soap dispenser. Love it. We have a peninsula. So we cut an access port and put a cover on it. Made it much easier. Also, love those shark bite fittings. Super easy to join pex to the braided metal fittings on the faucet, but they are a bit expensive. I added a shut off valve where the pipes are joined because there weren't any, and the fittings cost about $10 each.
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06-28-2020, 06:24 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: May 2018
Location: NC
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My opinion:
Rethink those sharkbite fittings for long term use. As a professional builder/remodeler, I have seen problems with those fittings long term. I don’t know what the RV vibration will do. However, I will not allow those in a customer’s home. I have seen a number of them leak. You can get the PEX male adapters that will connect PEX to the braided steel lines at Lowes or HD. Actually cheaper than Sharkbite fittings. PEX, done right will not leak.
Just my two cents.
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06-28-2020, 08:02 PM
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Full Time Camper
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Location: N.C. Mountains
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Quote:
Originally Posted by franklinhouse
looks great! Are they anything special or did you buy regular home faucets?
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Regular home faucets from Home Lowes. Not plastic.
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06-28-2020, 08:57 PM
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Family Vacation Member
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Location: VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hballer21
My opinion:
Rethink those sharkbite fittings for long term use. As a professional builder/remodeler, I have seen problems with those fittings long term. I don’t know what the RV vibration will do. However, I will not allow those in a customer’s home. I have seen a number of them leak. You can get the PEX male adapters that will connect PEX to the braided steel lines at Lowes or HD. Actually cheaper than Sharkbite fittings. PEX, done right will not leak.
Just my two cents.
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Thanks, I will keep my eye on them.
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06-29-2020, 01:11 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: On
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I have unit of similar age to yours. Did you replace your faucets also?
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06-29-2020, 05:01 PM
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Seasonal Camper
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Florida
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Excellent Job Papa-T
I too agree with the comment about the 'Shark Bite' being less than optimal versus the PEX fittings.
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06-29-2020, 06:07 PM
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Full Time Camper
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Location: N.C. Mountains
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Mine had the regular PEX fittings. I don’t know anything about the shark bite stuff.
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*2016 CAF25SE Cruiser Aire 5er. *2020 Chevrolet 2500 HD Custom
*Ted & Tricia (Mimi - Teacup Poodle/ Sailor - Maltipoo)
*I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends would respect me. The others can do whatever the Hell they please!” —John Wayne
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07-02-2020, 01:56 PM
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New Camper
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Kansas
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Lesson Learned!
Our cheap original kitchen faucet eventually had a vice-grip for one of the handles and then I replaced it with a single handle high spout model from Home Depot which we really like.
However, gravity can turn on the water with the side mounted handle while bouncing down the road. That’s not a problem unless you forget to turn off the water pump sometime. It’s still not a big problem unless the spout bounces its way around to the counter top instead of being over the sink. And it still might not be a problem if you remember the pump is on and can find a place to pull over and turn it off. But for us, on a long narrow winding road somewhere in British Columbia with no place to pull off, it was a problem. We finally came to a town and were about to pull off when somebody pulled up beside us and said there was water running out the door of the camper – oh no!
It was a big mess, but no serious damage done. We bought a dehumidifier and ran it whenever we were hooked up to power the rest of the trip and things got dried out completely.
Just thought I’d share this so maybe someone else won’t replace their kitchen faucet with a side mount single handle model. We now have a rubber band safety on the handle and another on the spout, but somebody has to remember to use them.
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07-02-2020, 05:39 PM
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Full Time Camper
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Thanks for the heads up. I can see the side mounted handle doing that but wouldn’t have thought about it. We never run with the pump on but good reminder to double check. Good idea for the rubber bands.
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*2016 CAF25SE Cruiser Aire 5er. *2020 Chevrolet 2500 HD Custom
*Ted & Tricia (Mimi - Teacup Poodle/ Sailor - Maltipoo)
*I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends would respect me. The others can do whatever the Hell they please!” —John Wayne
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07-02-2020, 05:46 PM
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Seasonal Camper
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KShuntfish
We now have a rubber band safety on the handle and another on the spout, but somebody has to remember to use them.
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Sounds like you better remember to close the forum page before you walk away from your computer, Lest SOMEONE happen to glance at your post ! Lol. Glad you got everything dried up. Definitely an oops moment.
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