03/31/2026
A good friend of mine Erick w/ Nester Enterprise called & needed some plumbing reconnected on a kitchen cabinet project he’s wrapping up over in Ashburn.
The previous plumber did some “funky” work, so we went & cleaned it up as best as I could.
First we re-did the hot feed line. we installed a tee & faced it towards the rear of the cabinet to run a copper line & install a 1/4 turn valve for the dishwasher, came out of the top of the tee w/ a new angle stop to feed the faucet.
Next, we moved over to the cold line that feeds the faucet & there outdoor faucet. So, we also added a tee, installed a 1/4 turn ball valve (for winterizing) and re-connect it to the existing line running to the hosebib. Went back to the tee & installed another angle stop to supply the faucet.
Sadly, these pipes had sharkbite fittings in the ceiling below the cabinet. So they were loose & crooked. I worked w/ what I had & took some “Mickey mouse” clamps and used them to straighten & brace the (3) the lines coming through the cabinet & added (2) bell hangers in the back of the cabinet to support the dishwasher feed line. holes where already that size, so plan is to order the “jumbo style” escutcheon’s to cover the clamps/ holes up.
We just reconnected the existing disposal, trap etc. but instead of using a coupling I decided to install a test tee w/ a plug so if later in the future the line needs to be snaked, it will make it easier on the next guy!
Also, while we where there the homeowners where having issues w/ the house main shut off & out door faucet, they wouldn’t fully close & water was still coming out of fixtures while closed. And they also wanted to replace the outdoor faucet w/ a “frost free” wall hydrant.
Went ahead & shut the city curb-stop off to there main, cut out the existing gate valve & installed a 1/4 turn ball valve, cut out the existing outdoor faucet gate valve & installed another 1/4 turn ball valve. Lastly, we cut out the existing out door faucet which was just a standard “boiler drain” which isn’t code in VA & installed a 6” Woodford Model 19 frost free wall hydrant.
We only use the best products, and try to leave the finished product better looking than what we arrived too.
Shout out to Viega LLC for making a quality product we used there fittings & ball valves on this & all off my jobs !
And also shout out to Woodford Manufacturing Company for having the best wall hydrants in the game, IYKYK.. model 19’s are the best FF hosebib on the market !
