When I was young, the house we lived in had an access pannel where you could get at the pipes etc. However, there were no shut off valves for the tub either. I often wonder if they have these. Actually in the house I am in now, there are two gate-valves in the back room where the washer is. Now to get at those which does shut off the water for the tub, you have to grab a step stool. I will eventually replace these with ball valves which I like so much better. On Mar 5, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
> I've seen shutoff valves on tups of the old above floor "claw foot" > type where > the pipes actually come up from the floor and go to taps mounted on > the tub. > Also vary rarely I've seen shutoffs on the wall below the regular > faucets. > But I think the problem in usual installations is where > to put the shut offs so they don't look messy. In our bathroom, for > example > typical U.S. frame construction from the 1960s, in back of the tub > is the > closet with the water heater. So the shut offs would be behind the > heater tahk, and there is no room to get back there > at them. Otherwise they'd have to be in the crawl space and I've > not been down there and have no desire to go! <GRIN> > > Few years back, I nearly moved in to a mobile home that had > not a single shutoff anywhere. I'd have fixed that quick. > > Tom Fowle > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
