Price Pfister 0X8-340A Pressure Balance Valve, Universal Fittings, With Stops

Incorrect description. Only the stop fittings are female. Remember, to turn off the unit, at the wall, you MUST loosen the collars around the stops. The screws will NOT turn, otherwise, and youll tear the brass slots to nothing. If your cut-out is in tile, and its a tight circle around the cartridge, you will NOT be able to access the stops, unless you nibble away at the tile, and thats not a good idea. In that case, install 1/2 male brass plugs, into the stops. They will sock up without turning off the hot and cold flow. I like being able to easily change out valves, so the male fittings are great. You dont need to make sweat connections. You can use flex hoses to hook up to your supply pipes, as long as all are fitted with threaded connections. Easy as pie, once you get those threaded connections sweated onto your existing pipes. Good luck, have fun!

When I opened this to find the stem was plastic (even though the manufacturers website says it is all brass), I returned it. I bought the more compact valve,

Good product, works as intended.

Great iteam

has only been installed a few weeks, so dont know if any issues will show up. like the ability to locally turn off water to change the cartridge, when the time comes.

Very clear installation instructions came with this well built valve. All the parts fit well together. Should last us a few years if my installation of the PEX pipes holds up!

Good valve

Worked great for my Pfister shower kit. I used the YouTube channel “Got2Learn” to learn how to plumb it. Plumbers want around $400-500 to install these, so it’s worth spending a $50 on a torch kit and accessories to just do it yourself if you have a couple hours to spend on YouTube learning how to cut and solder pipes.

Excelente

Missing a screw very annoying delayed my tub working