Comments on: DIY Tutorial: Make Your Own Diaper Sprayer

By: gidget

gidget — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:41:29 +0000

Thanks for chiming, Victor; that’s a great point!

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:38:56 +0000

Jesse and all, even though the parts may add up to about the same (maybe a little less) as buying a pre-made kit, the advantage is that if the sprayer head breaks or something, you can just replace that one part. Or in cases like yours where the toilet uses a different type of connection (pressed on, clamped. That is where the savings can come in

By: gidget

gidget — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:12:51 +0000

Sorry, Jesse, we don’t have any real knowledge of what to do there. Maybe there is a connector that goes from “pressed” to threaded? We bought our supplies at Home Depot which came out a little less so for us there was a cost benefit to DIYing it, but price probably will vary by area. Hope that helps a little!

By: Jesse James

Jesse James — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:45:32 +0000

I live in a manufactured home. My toilet water supply lines are not threaded but rather are “pressed” on and clamped [forgive my ignorance of plumbing terminology]. Is there a part that I can buy that will make this work? Also, I priced all the parts at my local Lowe’s in NC and found the price to be about $40. Are there cheaper parts to make this? The Happy Heinys and Fuzzi Bunz ones are $40 also so this isn’t really a cost savings.
Thank You!

By: gidget

gidget — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:29:31 +0000

Thanks for all your comments. You’ll notice we’ve now updated the post with a photo of the shut-off valve.

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By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:31:27 +0000

Thanks for the directions on how to do this. I’ve been thinking about making my own diaper sprayer with a kitchen sink sprayer for a while now but have never gotten around to doing it. I have a rigid supply line from my toilet and was able to make it work just fine. I had to struggle a little to get it to connect to the adapter properly but it was able to be done. It would also be very easy to just remove the rigid line and replace it with a flexible one ( just make sure the length on the flexible one is the same or longer and that the new line has the same size fittings on the end as the old line ). It never hurts to bring the “old parts” in to the hardware store to compare either. I did this all while my husband was at work–hope he’s impressed! By the way I got my supplies from my local True Value and it cost me $43 with taxes, but I think they were a little overpriced compared to Lowe’s.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:50:29 +0000

Are you still going to take a picture of the shut off valve? Thanks!

By: Juddi

Juddi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:21:31 +0000

Thanks…let me add this also can serve as a handheld “bidet” (popular in europe,southeast asia,and muslim world) as paperless cleaning of one’s private’s, also as a toilet cleaner.Anyone have any ideas on a wall hanger for the sprayer?

By: Yanli Zhao

Yanli Zhao — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:48:27 +0000

My husband went to the HomeDepot. He found every thing except the shut off valve. He couldn’t find the valve from ACE either. Do you have the model number for the valve and where did you find it? Thank you very much!