Sink supply line, can u change direction? (with picture)


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Old 07-28-17, 03:33 PM
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Sink supply line, can u change direction? (with picture)

Nut from flex connector (yellow circle) is pushing against the wall. Is it doable to loosen nut on copper pipe (red circle) and change the direction of the flex nut so that it doesn't push the wall? I don't mind if the flex connector would go thru the front of the black pipe instead of between the black pipe and the wall.
 
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Old 07-28-17, 03:37 PM
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Should turn but sometimes stuck pretty good. Be sure to turn water off to house first.
 
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Yes... you can loosen the nut and turn the valve.
 
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This kind of nut is not welded, right? For some reason it felt SUPER hard to turn.
 
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Old 07-28-17, 03:47 PM
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Looks like a compression fitting to me, so you will want to put one wrench on the shutoff part of the valve and another on the nut.
 
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You'll need two wrenches.... one to hold the valve and one for the nut.
May be time for bigger wrenches.
 
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I need help again!
I turned off water supply and changed it. How come now both the hot and cold water have low water pressure? All other faucet is my home have normal pressure. Nothing seem to be leaking on this nor do I see leak anywhere else. Here is a picture.
 
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Old 07-28-17, 08:21 PM
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You just turned the hot water valve and now the hot and cold both have low pressure ?
Are those shut-offs in the picture turned all the way on ?
 
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Yes, I turned both valves off, adjusted it, turned both valves back on. Now both valves have low pressure
 
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Old 07-29-17, 04:15 AM
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Do the easy things first clean screen at end of faucet. Doing plumbing knocks things loose in pipes.
 
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Thx Pugsl, solved. There was actually stuff there, they look kind like metalic ashes.
 
 

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