1920’s Kitchen Sink - Missing Part
I have a 1928’s build kitchen faucet. The previous owner put on a new faucet but there seems to be an attachment (to the right) on the original pipe that has since broken off. At first i thought this may be the soap holder but cannot find a replacement part. Anyone know what this is?
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It looks like there's one on both the hot and cold side. The one on the right is a valve with a threaded outlet. Valves like this are typically used to "tap" into a main supply line to provide a water to a secondary device. Think refrigerator ice maker. Here's what a common ice maker valve looks like:
Another thought is that the threaded stubs in the wall for the original faucet were too "deep" for the faucet to thread into so they used what they had on hand and installed these as "spacers".
That's my best guess from the limited picture.achaanine thanked missenigma - 5 years ago
@HU-867564120 If you look close it's a threaded valve. Not a saddle valve. This is what a saddle valve looks like:
achaanine thanked missenigma - 5 years ago
Here are better pictures! Thank you both for the insight. mystery solved. Sounds like ill need to wait until I remodel to replace the supply line.
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