Got a question on water flow through brass valve. Last house I lived in I had to redo the kitchen plumbing and used all cvpc. I was unhappy with the flow through the cpvc valves.
So on this house, same project, water supplies are half inch cvpc but instead of a cvpc valve I put in a brass B&K half inch stop valve. Model 105-003, says it's for use w/ water, oil, or air.
My flow through this was exactly one gallon per minute, hot or cold, with the aerator off of course. This morning I was getting pretty ticked about this so checked the valves and saw that they had several more twists to make them fully open. I opened them all the way, and
*still* I get one gallon a minute.Water pressure in all the pre-existing plumbing is fine, better than I'm used to in other houses actually. The litchen supply is new all the way back to a manifold I crafted.
Am I missing some key thing about valves ? Has anyone run into this before and what valve did you use to get decent flow.