Anyone had this happen?
I'm visiting in TV and the house I'm staying at has developed a strange 'quirk' in the plumbing.
After a load of laundry or two, some of the sink faucets stop working. The first time, the kitchen faucet didn't have hot and the guest bath didn't have cold. After much head shaking and a few unkind words, I noticed that the shut-of valves had 'writing ' on the handles that said 'push to open'. Sure enough, giving them a push restored the flow. It happened again today but the gb faucet shut off completely. Pushing both valves 'fixed' it again.
Went to Home Depot and asked if they had replacement valves and was told that these are 'Villages versions' of the valves - they are made to shut off in case of a rupture in the hose supplying that connects the valve to the faucet.
I've never seen valves like this before - I could probably use duct tape to hold the valves in but I don't want to compromise the safety aspect.
So, has anyone found a good, 'permanent' solution for this??
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