this was great but the plate screws heads have rusted off and the black gasket is broken into little piece how can I get the remaining screws out they are sticking out about 1/8 inch? Please any suggestions would be helpful! oh I put WD-40 on both hoping later to try and unscrew what’s left
Watching this after 4 stiff cocktails (it’s 11:15pm on a Friday) I’m very curious how you plan to solve this. No surprise I have 0 ideas in this state of mind. 😂
I honestly prefer either. But…….. if it’s gonna be PEX I choose PEX A. Because it’s true to size to copper. So I see a lot of people replace sections of copper with PEX B which now causes a flow rate change, then every connection reduces it even further. So when using B you have to size up. I have no problems with shark bites, they’re even rated for in wall use. However! They have a 25 year warranty, but only when coupled with their brand pipe. Otherwise it’s 1 year warranty.
Two big box stores. One 3 miles away, one 5 miles away in the opposite direction. 3 mile store says they have 4 in stock. 5 mile store says they have 19 in stock. I'm likely heading to 5 mile store.
It’s a matter of time when the plastic tubing feeding the ice maker will burst, leak and/or dry rot. So many homes have suffered major water damage when the plastic tubing fails as it is at full water pressure and conveniently fails when no one is home.
Handy, question for you on those water hoses for the fridge? Could you put some sort of a heat sleeve (like ones used in the automotive industry) to protect the new lines from eventually dry rotting like the old ones did due to the heat exposure? Just a thought.
Nice on the re-route job. I always use those ball valves with the drain port for outdoor spigots and such. Open the faucet and unscrew the port lid to drain into a bucket.
You should have run it down to where the other shutoff is, and put in a second shutoff for it. Now you cannot turn the hose on at all during the winter for any reason, without filling your sprinkler system too...
There is an outside shutoff before the sprinkler backflow. Its not to much work to turn the valve on if you need to water your plants when there is a foot of snow on the ground.
Get the Rigid RP115 and Veiga purflow jaws for it. Will make your pex experience much more enjoyable, no rings to hold and line up no clunky crimper. Maybe rigid will send you one to review
u see all those extra holes in the mounting bracket @ only 2:00 into the video? those would be good spots to find your 2nd stud, or, even if it was just a metal plate, can drill through it with a tiny drill bit and boom 2nd stud baby. oh also, say u dont even have a stud finder.....ok take a tiny nail and slam it thru the wall every inch where the unit will be hiding because who cares, and well, even if you did care, can literally cover a tiny nail hole with just some paint, or maby wipe a buggar in there and then paint if u really want. not a bid deal but imo kinda dumb not to. u know how kids and well.....other americans can be wildin out in they homes.
12:58 🤣💕👍 PS- I go through those shitty 3 pack of multi colored gloves they sell at home depot pretty quick 😂 I usually use for shovel type work where if I don't my sweaty hands blister.
Do you do product reviews? I have a product, ReSecure Latch that solves the common problem with loose door latches or deadbolts and would be willing to send one. Thank you.
I'd throw in a shutoff, because why not. Pipe insulation and foam board starting a fair bit below grade, then teach the folks to open the access panels.
It surprises me that mini split a/c and heat pumps are new products in the US. Split air conditioners have been installed in my house in Israel for 40 years, and they are all heat pumps. In the early years, the heat pumps were not effective in certain cold situations, but over the years they got better and better
I put a deck on my house, and extended the spigot to the end of the deck with copper pipe, I patched that copper pipe 6-8 times in 12 years. I changed the copper to pex pipe, this was 8 years ago. Never had to patch the pex, seems to resist freeze damage!😎😁
Oh man you’re so right on that pipe insulation. We had a basement remodel and the guy doing the insulation for the bathroom insulated the vanity and toilet pipes to the outside, and it froze first time it got below freezing. So disappointing; wish I would’ve caught that.
I'm in Upstate NY. Water lines here are buried at least 42 inches deep and enter inside the foundation walls. Wise plumbers don't put lines inside outside walls no matter how they are insulated. No water lines in attics. Things are different around the USA.
When you compress fiber glass batt insulation, the R-value per inch goes up, but the overall R-value goes down because you have less inches or thickness of insulation. Add more insulation.
