From: C. Brunner 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: How to turn off water at Shower/Tub?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:14:20 -0600

On 11 Nov 2003 20:14:32 -0800, ds408@yahoo.com (Dave) wrote:

>> 
>> I don't know, but the first thing we did in our newly built house once
>> the plumbing subs left was install shutoff valves for both
>> tub/showers.
>> 
>> C. Brunner
>
>That's an interesting idea.  How is this done? (to install shutoff
>valves for tub/showers?).  Where do you tap into the pipes going to
>this area?
>
>Thx!

Well, we sort of set things up to be easy to work with, when we built
this house.  We were involved with every step of the design and
construction, and we visited the house site nearly every day to
monitor the progress.  (Our contractor actually encouraged this--we
owned the land outright, and there was nothing prohibiting our access
in the contract.  He didn't go there every day, so he relied on our
reports to help him keep track of things.)  The plumbing sub ran the
water lines in the basement ceiling, which is still unfinished so we
can see exactly where the lines are.  We live in a remote, rural area
with no building codes, so we chose to use PVC water lines (CPVC,
actually), rather than copper.  That way, we could easily manage
plumbing repairs ourselves.

So, a trip to Lowe's and a few pipe cuts and some PVC glue, and we
were done.  I still can't figure out why builders routinely leave out
cutoff valves to tubs and showers.  Is it because they aren't required
by code to install them?

C. Brunner