This Cold House

I got the shower valve half-way installed this evening.  The one that I got has I.P.S. inlets instead of solder, so I had to rely on thread tape and luck to get those suckers attached without leaks.  What a miracle.  It worked on the first shot.  I’m glad they did too because the valve is mounted so close to the stud to the left of it that I had to solder directly to the threaded connector.  If it leaked, I would have had to cut the pipe and sorta start over.  I’ll know by tomorrow morning if the threded joints are worthy and then I can move on.  Next is the feed up to the shower head and to the tub spout, which shouldn’t be too hard.  No, I didn’t get that damned duck spout for those of you that were encouraging me to.

 The damned duck valve that I did not buy: