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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I have a battery water alarm behind my refrigerator and under every sink and toilet. If there is water on the floor, it will sound an alarm. You can buy about 6 or 7 of them from Amazon for about $100. Not perfect, but cheap peace of mind. I think in today's world, plastic valves and supply lines are normal. And, paying a plumber to replace 10-12 valves and supply lines every 5 years would be very expensive.
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Our previous home was built in 1948. We had all copper plumbing and valves. Replacing valves every 5 years? They only lasted 73 years are are still working fine. A leaking faucet? There is no way this plumbing or likely these homes will last 73 years.
But, then neither will I.
You rebuilt it with a five cent rubber washer. Even the seats were replaceable. I did replace the ball cocks with the plastic ones but they too were originally made of metal and you could simply replace the rubber parts. Oh and parts. They were universal, you did not have to find the one made by your toilet manufacturer or faucet manufacturer.
Yup, a lot has changed. A lot of it is filling landfills.