Mark,
I have a mop sink in my garage.... the faucet set I use has a threaded
aerator... you can a backflow preventor that will fit these threads that
will convert to a hose bib... then use the regular faucet controls for your
'mixing' and hook your hose directly to the faucet...
john
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From: "Mark Andy" <marka at maracing.com>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:42 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] faucets, mixing valves, and regular valves
> Howdy,
>
> I'm putting a laundry tub in my garage. In addition to the regular
> faucet, I'd like to have a separate hose bib so that I can run a short
> section of garden hose w/a nozzle for spraying off stuff, filling up
> buckets on the floor, etc. I want it to be able to be hot/cold/whatever.
>
> Initially I was thinking I'd replace the 'head' of the faucet with an
> adapter to a T, then back to the faucet, with a hose bib off the side of
> the T.
>
> Looking around at Lowes, it looks like that may be hard to do. So instead
> I'm wondering if I can just Y off the incoming hot/cold water connections
> and run one set to the faucet and the other set to a pair of 'gate valves'
> (the configuration that looked most useful was called a "garden valve" at
> Lowes), then to a Y, then to a hose bib.
>
> And finally my question... Is a mixing valve like on a regular faucet just
> two valves plumbed to a T or is there more to it than that? I wasn't sure
> if there was some type of one way valve incorporated as well, so that a
> fully open hot water valve couldn't 'push' hot water into a partially
> opened cold water valve.
>
> Appreciate any pointers!
>
> Mark
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