No reason to dry fit Pex, Put it together and crimp it immediately so you don't forget rings and hate yourself. Its faster to just cut out any mistakes.
I dont care what the manufacture, store sellers, or workers say about quick connect fittings! I refuse using them anywhere other than my basement. Even then, I only used 2 of them where I was in a crawl space and had no room to sweat on a guaranteed-will-never-leak fitting. I inherited my grandparents house that was built in the 1950's and NOT 1 single sweat-on fitting ever leaked
You couldnt get the cap fitting off because of the water you said dripped out. the water was keeping it from getting it hot enough. I didnt see any water when you did get it off, maybe it boiled away. You could of cleaned the solder from the pipe by heating it up to the point of melting and simple wiped it off with a dry rag. But you got the job. Thats all that matters
You melt the solder, then wipe it off with anything, even a dry paper towel. Emery cloth is a possibility. Sanding screen too. Strongly discourage pushing on that line like you were. You don't know what you are pushing against on the other side. Guys have kinked and pierced lines doing that. Or they mess up hangers causing the line to start slapping the structure when turned on or off.
"just refining my technique" I tell myself that before any drywall repair. Soder boobs are sand papers problem a good 180 grit will knock it down quick. Keep at it!
That steam needs to get to the same temp that the solder melts at... I was expecting this to be a video of how a pipe explodes. The pressure of the steam should be considerable, even if it's not near enough to split open the copper. Next time drain your pipes and add ports for draining and air intake.
Uhh... at 2:20, you've got to address that 'plumping'. That green patina is corrosion probably from flux that wasn't cleaned off when it was soldered and i looks like you've got pinhole leaks already. I'm not sure WTF that duct tape is doing there. Those foam insulation sleeves are pretty useless and it looks like they are on both hot and cold lines. I'm not sure what's going on with those bends. The vertical tube in the center looks like it was forced into he elbow going left into a 3 inch piece into the tee. None of that looks well fitted. I'd cut all that out and redo it as most of those solder joints look like they were not cleaned and fluxed properly. If you seal and foam that in, I guarantee your going to have leaks. Whoever did that 'work' needs to step back and learn how to properly solder copper tubing. I mean no offence if it was you, but if that was a purported plumber, well . . . Anyway, that mess is going to cause issues in the (near) future. I'd hate to see you go to all the trouble of sealing everything up only to end up with bigger problems
well well ! the tube is gone,You have really put some challenging work in on this project. When you decided to remodel you went all the way, Don't over do it
Just put a switch in like that,no kidding!! It seems at least with the plastic rocker switch type they break after a few years of hard use,!!! Thanks my friend just checking in to see what's up!!!
