A house is divided into apartments, one on each floor. For one floor which is sometimes unoccupied for lengthy periods, there is a water valve to shut the water off for the whole floor. This mitigates against water leaks developing when the floor is vacant....
Maybe. That reminds me, there are ball valves that have an extra long shaft (like 10cm). So I could box the thing nicely with wood frame & tile, caulk the box for easy access the next time the valve needs to be replaced, and have just the handle exposed (almost like it was before). Two problems though:
these valves with a longer shaft are 20× more expensive than regular ball valves.
i’m not sure it’s possible to seal the small hole around the shaft since the shaft must be able to move.
If those problems were solved, I could possibly even hand-make PVC handle.
I’m not a plumber, nor do I pretend to dabble in plimbing…
Can you switch the ball valve and turn handle to a PVC product? That’s a thing, right?
Maybe. That reminds me, there are ball valves that have an extra long shaft (like 10cm). So I could box the thing nicely with wood frame & tile, caulk the box for easy access the next time the valve needs to be replaced, and have just the handle exposed (almost like it was before). Two problems though:
If those problems were solved, I could possibly even hand-make PVC handle.