I just changed a valve in one of these shower handles last year. They’re great. The Moen shower handles are pretty good too but the cartridges require a special tool to replace.
Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
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Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#12I paid a little more and waited a couple weeks to receive a Delta single handle faucet for my kitchen back in 2020, rather than just buying what was available on the shelf at Lowe's. Model: #400LF-WF. The reviews at the time said it was basically the same faucet made back in the 60s. I'm glad I did - it has been an excellent faucet.
> rather than just buying what was available on the shelf at Lowe's
Funny, that exact model dominates the shelf space at the Lowe's near me. Practically a whole bay for just those, over 50 in stock right now.
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#13The terms of sale are so clear and concise. But I don’t see a warranty period. Would they still replace a part on a 1961 sink?
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#14I paid a little more and waited a couple weeks to receive a Delta single handle faucet for my kitchen back in 2020, rather than just buying what was available on the shelf at Lowe's. Model: #400LF-WF. The reviews at the time said it was basically the same faucet made back in the 60s. I'm glad I did - it has been an excellent faucet.
It's interesting to see the prices back then - the model 400 cost $24.95 (see page 15), which would be around $260 today.
Incidentally, the newer variants also have flow restrictors, which aren't hard to remove.
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#15I've never see the MR-510 dishwashing handle before - that seems so convenient!
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#16Oh my god, actual dimensions on a drawing, part numbers, AND service instructions!?! I work on industrial equipment with 1/10th the documentation presented here. Cool find, op!
No wonder our grandparents generation were good with mechanical things. If they were looking at materials like that all the time - I feel like you'd build an intuitive sense of how common household devices work pretty easily if it were so clear and accessible.
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#17The terms of sale are so clear and concise. But I don’t see a warranty period. Would they still replace a part on a 1961 sink?
Not sure about warranty, but a few years ago my mother's 80s(?) era Delta faucet started leaking. I sent a blurry photo to Delta's service team and a few days later had a link to a replacement part and an old manual scanned as a PDF. For a 40 year old product!
Ultimately we replaced the whole faucet and fixture, but that single reply probably made me a customer for life.
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#18Oh my god, actual dimensions on a drawing, part numbers, AND service instructions!?! I work on industrial equipment with 1/10th the documentation presented here. Cool find, op!
In the architectural space it’s common to have design files for everything, especially today.
I looked at Delta’s website and sure enough you can even download CAD models and drawings of their faucets: https://www.deltafaucet.com/bim-library
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#19I paid a little more and waited a couple weeks to receive a Delta single handle faucet for my kitchen back in 2020, rather than just buying what was available on the shelf at Lowe's. Model: #400LF-WF. The reviews at the time said it was basically the same faucet made back in the 60s. I'm glad I did - it has been an excellent faucet.
> rather than just buying what was available on the shelf at Lowe's Funny, that exact model dominates the shelf space at the Lowe's near me. Practically a whole bay for just those, over 50 in stock right now.
Weird. I figured at the time it was due to COVID related supply chain issues, but I just checked and they still don't stock them locally.
Re: Delta single handle ball faucets (1963)
#20Oh my god, actual dimensions on a drawing, part numbers, AND service instructions!?! I work on industrial equipment with 1/10th the documentation presented here. Cool find, op!
No wonder our grandparents generation were good with mechanical things. If they were looking at materials like that all the time - I feel like you'd build an intuitive sense of how common household devices work pretty easily if it were so clear and accessible.
Materials like this are infinitely more accessible to us than our grandparents generation. We all have devices in our pockets that can get to service manuals for our products in minutes. I can have common parts at my door overnight from Amazon with the press of a button on my phone. Every local hardware store carries replacement cartridges and gaskets for common faucet types.
The reason our grandparents generation was good at fixing things is because they had to be. My grandparents lived through the Great Depression and worked difficult manual labor jobs. Contrary to the Reddit memes about how past generations lived like kings on trivial jobs, they worked extremely hard for everything and made it last.
It’s really easy to get service manuals and do basic maintenance on simple things like faucets these days. I think the only reason it’s becoming common for people to not know how to do basic repairs or even find basic service information is that many people grew up never having to think about it. I still have adult friends who went from living with their parents to dorms to rented apartments who never learned the first thing about maintaining or fixing things around the house because they’ve never had to and they don’t want to - and they can keep going that way without really losing anything. It’s a choice at this point, but it works for them.