bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement

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bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: doers88 (CT) Trying to replace 2 stuck shutoff vales under bathroom sink (house built in 1950) which appear to have threaded connections on inlet side: Following instructions found here to measure inlet pipe: [www.farwestcorrosion.com]# it looks like inlet side is 3/8" It looks like chrome. Would a connector for galvanized pipe work like this BrassCraft one: [www.homedepot.com] Thanks
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Re: bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: steve (CA) Yes, it will work.
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Re: bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: bernabeu (SC) yes don't forget new escutcheons pack them underneath with plumbers putty to 'plug' the holes in the wall ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Re: bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: packy (MA) use two wrenches. one as a "holdback" to keep the chrome nipple from turning
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Thank you all
Author: doers88 (CT) Thank you all — much appreciated. Yes, almost forgot those escutcheons to add to shopping lost. (And Moen is sending new cartridges and sleeves to fix the actual sink faucets.) Edited 1 times.
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Re: bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: bernabeu (SC) ps. the nipples are chrome plated brass IPS/NPT pipe ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Re: bathroom faucet shutoff valve - trying to identify best replacement
Author: doers88 (CT) Thanks for identifying.
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