[C320-list] head faucet replacement

[Dave Ouimette]

Chris,
 
Thanks. I will look for the stainless hose.
 
Dave.
Hull 174
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
To: 320 <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 16, 2016 2:39 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] head faucet replacement

I did ours last May. Same comments as everyone else...take out the whole
drawer assembly in the aft cabin. I replaced with a Sandvik...which looks
identical if it isn't the original maker. MY only change was purchase one
with the stainless hose which is much easier to insert and remove.

Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Greg Flanagan <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I replaced mine last year. It was much easier than I thought. However, I
> have a newer boat (2006). I worked from the aft cabin side after taking out
> the two drawers that open into that cabin. All my connections were modern
> screw together joints so no real plumbing was required. I obtained an
> identical replacement from my local chandlery who ordered it from a
> catalogue of plumbing supplies.
>
> Greg
> Hoop Dancer #1076
> Sidney, BC V8L 2P3
> 250 665-7245
>
> > On Feb 16, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Dave Ouimette <drouimette at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It's time to replace the head/shower faucet in our 1995 C320. Access is
> not easy. Has anyone done a recent replacement and can offer suggestions on
> 1) where to buy the entire faucet assembly (any options other than Catalina
> Direct?); 2) getting the old corroded faucet out. Can the woodwork
> surrounding the access door in the aft cabin be removed to improve access?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Dave
> > Hull 174
>