{"id":28,"date":"2012-05-28T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T04:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2012-05-29T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T03:35:16","slug":"faucet-and-drain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Faucet and Drain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nice things about doing a project yourself is that you become aware of more options. \u00a0Going in, I had no idea that some shower valves have built-in shutoff for maintenance. \u00a0Huh. I want that.<\/p>\n<p>Moen and American Standard both have tub\/shower faucet combinations that have the features we are looking for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volume and Temp control<\/li>\n<li>Shutoff built into the valve<\/li>\n<li>Replaceable trim kits with multiple style options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We went with the Moen Monticello in chrome.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/?attachment_id=94\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" title=\"IMG_0629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0629-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0629-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0629-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rough-in of faucet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drains are a neglected part that nobody wants to think about. There are two choices ABS and brass. \u00a0For ease I went with ABS. \u00a0I got the Watts kit from Home Depot, mainly because it&#8217;s schedule 40 ABS and prices reasonably at $25. One downside is that the overflow drain doesn&#8217;t sit flush with the tub requiring some work\u00a0to get it seated correctly. I had an option\u00a0to buy a kit specially for American Standard tubs, but I didn&#8217;t like that the joints were slip joints and the ABS walls were thinner. I&#8217;ll find out if I made the right choice in about ten years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_95\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/?attachment_id=95\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-95\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-95\" title=\"IMG_0631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0631-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0631-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0631-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-95\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drain ready for tub<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted. I&#8217;m way ahead of my documentation so you&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;m switching to past tense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nice things about doing a project yourself is that you become aware of more options. \u00a0Going in, I had no idea that some shower valves have built-in shutoff for maintenance. \u00a0Huh. I want that. Moen and American &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/?p=28\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-improvement-2","tag-bathroom-remodel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}