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FULL VIDEO: • How to TRANSITION (PEX...
Here's a COMPLETE guide on how to transition to PEX, copper, Polybutylene, CPVC and galvanized piping. If you are doing renovations at home and are looking to do some plumbing work, you absolutely need to watch this video!
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@Got2Learn Год назад

FULL VIDEO: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dD-Qem26i6s.html Stuff I used in this video (Amazon affiliate links) Tools: AutoCut Pipe Cutter 1/2": amzn.to/2XlyqAn AutoCut Pipe Cutter 3/4: amzn.to/3gPmhhz Propane gas(Blue bottle): amzn.to/2BOhnh7 Lead-free tinning flux: amzn.to/2U3abEW Flux brushes: amzn.to/2T8ROBc Lead-free solder (Sterling): amzn.to/2AfSY63 Abrasive pads: amzn.to/2XaY6kT Pencil reamer: amzn.to/2tBuhKW PEX Cutters: amzn.to/2VposP5 TurboTorch ST-33: amzn.to/2YWNZA4 RIDGID Pipe wrenches 14": amzn.to/31bUEsW Knipex pliers: amzn.to/3dnxdz6 Small hacksaw: amzn.to/31bUKRk Materials: Sharkbite 3/4" coupling: amzn.to/2AZLaWQ Sharkbite 3/4" (Polybutylene) coupling: amzn.to/2YnaJtR EZ-FLO Dresser coupling 3/4": amzn.to/2YmTXuW Sweat to PEX 3/4" (5-pack): amzn.to/2V8ud38 CPVC Transition fitting 3/4": amzn.to/2Z0pykZ Yellow Teflon tape: amzn.to/2Vb3Cm6 Polybutylene to PEX Repair 3/4" Coupling: amzn.to/3fLRiAK CPVC cement (yellow): amzn.to/31dUIYO Brass coupling 3/4": amzn.to/2Z2uwhl Threaded to PEX (female) 3/4" amzn.to/37SSQGk

@snooper2012 Год назад

Poolumbrreeler

@kyleerowland674 Год назад

Mpll0 pool l all lklllll0 IPO u😅😅

@thecloneguyz Год назад

OTIKER?

@deathcrow2015 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@kotaplumbingandheating Год назад

A quick trick to keep your solder from running down the pipe while doing a vertical joint from the bottom is keep a dry rag handy and give the pipe a quick wipe after you heat it up when the flux runs down before you solder it, we call those dog balls over here

@Got2Learn Год назад

💯

@owenjacobscracker1872 Год назад

We. Call them bird shits

@fluffynutz730 Год назад

Are you from St.Louis :)

@kotaplumbingandheating Год назад

@@fluffynutz730 Vancouver bc

@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 Год назад

Good old monkey nuts , gotta be able to distinguish between apprentice or journeyman. I've moved back into monkey nuts as I'm an RMP , lol . Gotta make the apprentices think they have a hope , 😆

@nefariousyawn Год назад

I just did a bunch of plumbing for my landlord yesterday, and while I was messing with the rings I asked myself "what would got2learn do?" So I squished the rings a little to keep them in place. I probably watched the old video a long time ago.

@Got2Learn Год назад

🤘🤘🤘

@huntingwithcheney8671 Год назад

Landlord of the rings

@ProleDaddy Год назад

Tell your landlord I told them to jump off a cliff.

@itiscujo Год назад

@@huntingwithcheney8671 eye c wut u did thare

@Bobby_Uterus 9 месяцев назад

Use the rubber handles on the pump pliers to pinch the ring in place before final crimp. It keeps the ring from getting galled.

@hibryd7481 Год назад

"Crimp your Pex" sounds like the the ultimate workout bro slogan.

@jaycweingardt11 Год назад

I've done the sharkbite a few times and it makes life so much easier, a few years down the road now and all of them seem fine. We'll see.

@earlrissel4454 Год назад

I have been using Shark bites since they were available for purchase to install water treatment equipment and never had one leak if you debur the copper pipe.

@manny9323 Год назад

The people who complain about them are plumbers upset that they can’t charge $400 for something that would take 15 minutes with shark bites, or DIYers who say “eh, I don’t need a cutter or deburr tool, I can just use my hacksaw and deburr with the box cutter!” and then have leaks. They’re code approved for walls and burial. Do it right and there’s no problem. If soldered pipe never leaked plumbers would only work on new construction sites.

@TheMr69roadrunner 10 месяцев назад

@@manny9323 honestly bro plumbers never debur pipe. I have yet to see it happen in the 4 years of plumbing. I’ve been at 2 different companies too. Sharkbites are convenient for cpvc to copper, when the other methods are threading plastic into copper or brass threads which always leaks eventually yet is considered a permanent fix lmao. You just gotta have finesse is the biggest thing I’ve noticed/learned in the trades. You can do something the proper way the code book says but if you suck and got no finesse you’re still gonna have ugly or leaking joints etc.

@am3rikan84 9 месяцев назад

@@manny9323shark bite is not approved for commercial or burial. Idk what state you’re in but in Florida and Texas they are not allowed. Just be a man and learn to soldier. Or pro press. Takes 3 minutes to soldier. Shark bites have barely been around so you have no idea the problem they can have over years of use. Just like poly-b. Takes time to see the problems. Shark bites are a last resort. Only because they go off of the putter diameter of the pipe, meaning they can be used to get off of polybutylene onto copper, cpvc.

@judge9637 8 месяцев назад

@@am3rikan84I think we found our butt hurt plumber

@jamesrohal368 Год назад

That pre crimp is such a f****** pro move

@alrath629 Год назад

Then follows it up with a sharkbite 😂

@Eggugat Год назад

I just hold the clamp in place with the crimpers. Why score it with teeth?

@jamesrohal368 Год назад

@Eggugat It can be awkward to align everything in a tight space. Just one less thing to worry about. Less chance it slips too high or low and you need to redo the bisch.

@Eggugat Год назад

@@jamesrohal368 true, i swapped to an electric crimper so i reduced the struggle drastically. Do a lot more pro press and solder though

@rjtumble Год назад

What's funny is that I've seen enough of your shorts to now know you've changed your recommendations. Don't crimp the pex with the teeth of the pliers, use the handle. Measure the bend in the solder based on the dimension of the pipe so you know you're using enough. This is not a dig or negative comment, I'm personally happy with myself for recognizing that, since it means I'm paying attention.

@mikec-hamilton Год назад

That's neat. What length do you bend for 1/2 inch?

@marcusaetius9309 Год назад

I’ve been watching this channel for a long time now. It is by far the most useful source for plumbing information on YT. Well done!

@Got2Learn Год назад

🤠

@craighatch3221 Год назад

I totally agree, this guy does a great job.

@cglees Год назад

Compression fittings just entered the conversation

@murkyturkey5238 Год назад

For home owners just use a shark bite 😂

@kyle7401 Год назад

Man sharkbites are terrible. Plus the cost of one will get your joint soldered any day.

@JohnSmith-bd2re Год назад

Pro press anyone…. 😂

@Titantitan001 Год назад

As a maintenance guy for apartments I used sharkbites and never had problems. Pretty nifty. Now I do tile and wont touch that stuff.

@RD-nu8sg Год назад

As they should.

@yolisurich4025 Год назад

what I like about pex is when I take it apart and inspect it ,it's clean on the inside where copper or galvanize there's always some black slime or rust on the inside .

@am3rikan84 9 месяцев назад

Pex has barely been around.

@yolisurich4025 9 месяцев назад

@@am3rikan84 Long enough to compare.

@reaper-sz5tm 2 месяца назад

@@am3rikan84you sound gay, pex has been around for over 20 years, and shark bites have as well. You sound like you only want to sweat copper in every job you do, leave it to the people who do plumbing everyday bud.

@e.l.norton 2 месяца назад

@@yolisurich4025Pex also leaches into the water over time. A phosphate system on the water supply should protect copper well enough that it outlives you.

@jdwylde7 День назад

That’s got nothing to do with the copper really. The black slime would still be present but the c factor is so high with pex long term that you don’t see it. You still get all the same junk it just doesn’t collect as much.

@JaredMcCloudTJW Год назад

good thing to note is that most code recognizes sharkbite fittings as unions, meaning they require a permanent access point. good for fixture shut offs, not pipe replacement or retrofit.

@charles597 Год назад

Can you post a reference to this?

@robertcalifornia3267 Год назад

I’ve used shark bites in my house before. I would recommend using them as a temporary fix. I had 2 of them break before I just had all the old piping replaced

@derekv275 Год назад

I've been using them for years. I've never had an issue. Ya had a bur, bent or 😐 installed it incorrectly. Now sounds like you bought a Gatorbite.

@411Adidas Год назад

master plumber Roger wakefield said about 80% of his calls are to repair sharkbites. So it doesn't surprise me you had issues as well. Sharkbites also don't hold up well to high psi. Around 600 psi for sharkbites, where as solder is around 20,000 psi.

@josephwhite7646 Год назад

@@411Adidas that master plumber is full of BS he might have a few good tips but most of what I’ve seen was just pure BS shark bites work fine if you do it right I’ve been using them for 10 years and I have yet to have one fail

@ColeSpolaric Год назад

@@411Adidas yeah, because you're going to see over 600 psi unless you don't have a frost proof hose bib

@jonny-b4954 Год назад

@@derekv275 They are technically a more temporary fix, according to basically any plumber. But, I've also had no issues. We've hit a couple water pipes when installing vinyl siding (well, when doing rotten wood replacement before the siding) Fuckers cut out notch in the foundation and then stucco over the pipe so you can't see it's going through the baseplate. The funniest is the one or 2 times in 20 years when hit electrical wires. One house had this aluminum foil covered plywood that we went over, so it electrified the entire fucking outside plywood. We started getting shocked when touching nails and arc when we got near the plywood with our hammer haha. Was nuts. Electrician found it really quick.

@chrisfreemesser5707 Год назад

Replumbed my master bath last month, connected it to copper by sweating on a copper-to-PEX adapter. Didn't even consider any other method

@mikenunya5606 Год назад

pex-a is the best I prefer the expansion rings over crimping, much stronger hold. also much faster in my opinion.

@chandlerbraaten847 Год назад

Sweating copper is so satisfying. Worth the extra effort in my opinion.

@michaelwruk7188 Год назад

I really enjoy your idea of taking channel locks and crimping the ring into place so it doesn't slide before you use the tool love it thank you I will use that method!

@Got2Learn Год назад

🤘🤘🤘

@guidedbygreen1480 Год назад

Use the handles of your pliers, so it doesn't score the ring

@rickyspanish9625 Год назад

Or a knipex pliers wrench with them nice soft straight jaws

@bryceg5709 Год назад

@@rickyspanish9625 ya this. Or I will put a small dab of plumber's grease on with the ring... which keeps it from moving and makes the tool come off easily every time.

@daijoubu4529 Год назад

They now make an oval stainless clamp that stays put, pretty cool

@JacobLeeson-zk1ol Год назад

It’s plumbing not decoration it doesn’t matter

@guidedbygreen1480 Год назад

@@JacobLeeson-zk1ol what a horrible mentality. To have pride in your work is a fleeting asset for many, unfortunately.

@robertanderson3282 Год назад

Pretty sure I've got about 4 different types of sharkbite on my truck for the various plastic pipe that we get here in Australia

@jamesmcknight6440 Год назад

sharkbites are nice if you do it right. You have to make sure the pipe is cut square and you seat it all the way down on the sharkbite

@davidelliott5843 Год назад

Use a rotary tube cutter. They are cheap and always cut square. You just need to clean out the internal burr though many don’t bother.

@SisterMaryElephant Год назад

Shark Bites are a gift from heaven. A Home Depot guy said the inventor is on a beach sipping Mai Ti's for the rest of his life. Good for him.

@Acxodarksun Год назад

I'm sure he is but I would only use them on a temporary basis, and never covered up in a wall.

@flybackrs Год назад

@@Acxodarksun 25 year warranty on them. Stop being afraid of the future.

@ashenmoonclash Год назад

@@flybackrs haha the warranty is on the price of the fitting. Not the 50k+ water damage😂

@TheIronFourth Год назад

@@ashenmoonclash I've never had a leak. They work fine. Truly if your afraid your shark bites are gonna leak you should be just as afraid of anything that isn't hard line copper 😅 Pex and shark bites are a gift of engineering. I'm gonna use them as much as possible.

@angrywhistlingcock5209 11 месяцев назад

@clayp3036 I agree. I never run copper in residential anymore. There is no need to pay a higher cost for a more problematic material since copper thins over time. PEX all the way, less chance of bursting if frozen too. I only use copper in commercial.

@papawhelp Год назад

Finally someone on here that knows how to plumb...

@Got2Learn Год назад

🤜🤛

@jamesowen21 Год назад

Ive used them all. Most expensive fitting is Sharkbite. But its the easiest and quickest. Also very reliable

@cheddarshredder6572 Год назад

No. No they are not.

@jamesowen21 Год назад

@@cheddarshredder6572 Are too, are too, are too

@joecobra4905 9 месяцев назад

shark bite good for temporary fix.

@joecobra4905 9 месяцев назад

type A is the way to go or pro press.

@jamesowen21 9 месяцев назад

@@joecobra4905 You don't know anything about it. They're not what plumbers can charge for because they're quick and easy to use . BUT THEY ARE PERMANENT REPAIRS.

@rayc1503 Год назад

That can all be done with a standard compression fitting too ✌

@b.m.4066 7 месяцев назад

I've never had good luck with shark bites on copper. They seem to work fine on PVC and pex but I just replaced one under a friend's house that blew apart and going from copper to CPVC

@andrewstephen7701 Год назад

I like my Milwaukee cordless crimper it also dose refrigeration lines , water lines , galvanized, gas pipe

@gregb.6799 Год назад

Your videos are very educational. Sharkbite should not be used inside walls. They are only recommended for exposed pipe couplings, as well as exposed faucet and toilet valves.

@Got2Learn Год назад

💯🤘

@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 Год назад

Not simply recommended but by code in almost every jurisdiction in the US and I believe Canada as well , it's not allowed at all in inaccessible locations. But , my word , you ought to see some of the DIY inventions ... repairs folk do with those sharkbites . Life savings spent on sharkbites to keep from calling the plumber , but still ends up calling us . 🤣

@jefferyshall Год назад

You forgot to mention the Sharkbites are also removable.

@jordanhenshaw Год назад

They aren’t good for much else.

@jaimevargas-mora8453 Год назад

@@jordanhenshawI heard they weren't good at all

@judge9637 8 месяцев назад

@jaimevargas-mora8453 let me give ya some real world experience with them. They work an hold up well. I know most will hate me saying that but it's true people hate it cause they take a trade learned skill an make it a useless task that anyone can do. they are great to have on a hand an hole up very well. I've seen a house with them hold up very nicely

@augustwest9727 8 месяцев назад

They do work, they are just prone to leaking a random amount of time later, Ive seen sharkbites that were years old and still not leaking, and I've seen them start to leak before I could get out of the driveway.

@twiztedclown 7 месяцев назад

@@jordanhenshawwell ill be honest as i worl building maintenance. Ive seen the pros come in with the pro press fittings atleast a dozen times now and ive had to call em back atleast once per repair due to a leak. Keep requesting a solder job but the claim is this is the new "leak proof" technology. Sadly i dont get to select our contractors.

@AimlessMoto 7 месяцев назад

You've up-talked me into it.

@MrKen59 Год назад

Dude - you have to stop making solder look so easy. It’s not fair - my goodness, make it look like it would look for the rest of us. 😂

@Got2Learn Год назад

🤣🤣🤣

@H3lzsn1p3r Год назад

His solder job is crap so being that sloppy is easy soldering is super easy even the proper way

@Got2Learn Год назад

@@H3lzsn1p3r 😄

@Motofork24 Год назад

The trick to not having your solder run down the pipe like that is to wipe the runs of Flux off the pipe after you heat it, then solder it

@jakehanneman6956 Год назад

Take your time with it and wipe the joint while it's still hot.

@pmfmpls Год назад

That's how I do it. Simple. Cinch clamps and the Ryobi power cinch tool.

@Dredster747 Год назад

Short, affective, and not begging for my "like" and subscription. Bravo

@Got2Learn Год назад

😇😇😇

@MrKL83 7 месяцев назад

Might do the shark bite fitting to have hot water go to the kitchen. Real tight fit. Had a pipe leak and someone just cut the copper pipe and fold it back. Was told he would come back but he never did.

@Wingnut923 8 месяцев назад

As a boiler change out/install tech daily there is a perfect method for soldering on the vertical either to brass or copper. My trick is to never solder joint while tourch is on the joint at the same time. So il heat up the fitting i want the capillary action to go to and once the joint starts dripping out flux down the pipe il take the tourch and burn it off and then go back up to fitting with tourch and once you find that sweet spot of temperature il wait one or 2 seconds with no heat on it then itll glide right up that joint with no runs and no leaks even with the 180 degree water. I hate the look of dripps and flux still on all joints from 30 years ago its disgusting

@jaredj631 Год назад

I like using shut off valves that have transitions built-in

@briston64 Год назад

Super “easy” shakes while taking the pipe off makes sense

@barkybarker2592 Год назад

Pex-A for the win.

@radical_dopamine. 9 месяцев назад

Do it! 😂 Remind me ben Stiller in dodgeball... Do it, Do it😂

@darinmacfarland6605 Год назад

I have a few shark bite fitting on my lines. They’ve been installed for 3 years and never had an issue. Hell I was taking pipe out of a wall at work and some of them had shark bites on them and I know they’re over 10 years old and never failed.

@pangert1 Год назад

Great stuff, love how educational your videos are 😅

@alexfrederick9019 Год назад

Yeah...sharkbites aren't permanent repairs. Don't put them in a wall. Also don't forget to pull out the insert if you do use them for a temporary repair on copper.

@tylerboettcher2405 Год назад

Who says they aren’t permanent? They are approved to be in a wall

@Jetmech1781 Год назад

I'm getting sick of seeing these comments. Look up code requirements. Sharkbite fittings are approved in walls, crawlspaces, in ground, and anywhere else you may join pipes or pex together.

@rlue698 Год назад

Wow they bringing this method back? Huge lawsuits in Santa Clarita regarding this method of joining PEX. PEX was initially outlawed but the oil companies kept suing the state of CA until they finally relented

@dc2090 9 месяцев назад

I solder my transition, but a compression valve I might've done in hindsight.

@hobtink Год назад

The no special transition fitting needed is the first thing I’d see that I like about pex tubing

@dahaze140 8 месяцев назад

Shark bite is the very best and most reliable 5 years and no issues!

@Got2Learn 8 месяцев назад

That's subjective.

@Mitchdvetter Год назад

People hate on shark bites but I think it’s because they lend themselves to lazy or lack of knowledge types… or general misuse. if you take the time to clean up the pipe, you aren’t reusing one you pulled off another job, and it’s seated correctly, it will work fine. Either way, most if us don’t bury them in walls if we can avoid it…

@jriedel1377 Год назад

No eventually the o rings will fail. My plumber says on running a test on them they have blown off and failed. Would not take a chance on something behind walls that aren't accessible

@Always_Bored96 Год назад

I hate shark bites because the people who install them suck. I dont do it myself but always have them leaked like all the time 🤦🏽

@michaelcasile1036 Год назад

Like all your videos this is excellent. One correction is that I would not use the term shark bite as that is now a brand with multiple technologies. Which you are talking about is called push to connect. SharkBite makes push to connect but they also make pex adapters etc. So using SharkBite can be misleading

@Got2Learn Год назад

True, thanks for the correction 🙏

@jeffreywolf5235 Год назад

The only time you want to use your SharkBite fitting is if you want to have leaks. You could put it in fot the guy that you really don't like. As is in about 4 years he's going to have a flood do to that PEX fitting, or possibly sooner than that

@elliottbroach6508 Год назад

You should Debur copper pipe before ever putting a shark bite on your pipe and make sure you seat them all the way. You should also clean the cut edges of pex so you don’t tear the washer.

@BackYardScience2000 Год назад

Yeah, like he said in the video....

@reds815 Год назад

I'm a big fan of expansion pex with the expansion pex rings. No rings to fail.

@Jetmech1781 Год назад

I've been seeing a lot of failure videos of those lately. I'm getting ready to remodel and replumb my house. I think I'm going to go with the stainless crimps.

@reds815 Год назад

@Jetmech-tg4hl just an FYI the stainless rings were failing bad enough that there is a lawsuit against one of the manufacturers. If you buy Google expansion rings and put them on right they work great. Buy them from a quality company not the internet

@Jetmech1781 Год назад

@@reds815 Guess there's nothing safe anymore, lol. I have sharkbite installed right now, but that was literally a stop gap just to get water to where I absolutely needed it after a bad freeze burst a lot of PVC.

@reds815 Год назад

@Jetmech-tg4hl I'd say you're right. Especially with manufacturing today cutting corners every way they can. Can't we just get back to quality products that don't let us down!?

@reds815 Год назад

@Jetmech-tg4hl I've been thinking. Dangerous, right? Haha. I wonder if the expansion rings or the fittings came from Home Depot? The only time I have ever seen a failure was a home supplied plastic 90 from Home Depot. The 90 was a touch to small, and the fitting leaked. Went back the next day with one of our fittings and fixed it. So I was curious.

@joea5183 Год назад

You also need a special sharkbyte to go from pvc to other types.

@jadenthomas8671 Год назад

Cause copper is cts, pvc is ips

@justloggit22 Год назад

Pro press x pex adapters, changed my life lol

@joeheadley6024 Год назад

Propress to pex. That’s easy also

@ralphjohnson8775 Год назад

You always pull the plastic flare ring Out of the shark bite That goes to the c p v c Or pex pipe And you leave it in the shark bite when You're hooking it to copper .

@loveinfo31 7 месяцев назад

You can use the crimpers to make the ring stay in place.

@ProngedMean9760 Год назад

They sell rings with plastic gaskets don top that don’t allow it to move and gives perfect gap they are a little more expensive but save tons of time

@macdro1940 9 месяцев назад

I do a propress copper coupling with a brass fitting adapter and uponor expansion pex with an expansion tool

@common_c3nts Год назад

Don't use crimp ring pex. Only use expansion pex-a. Also never use shark bites.

@user-of9er6se1f Год назад

If you’re gonna use PEX, use PEX-A and Upinor fittings. Forget crimp fittings.

@jdwylde7 День назад

I for real thought you were about to follow up a decent solder with channel lock crimping lol.

@yorselrus1996 8 месяцев назад

My house was built in 1983. I don't believe I'll have to ever worry about pex.

@Got2Learn 8 месяцев назад

True!

@gavinnewscum Год назад

Forget those rings and use Uponor Pex A with the proprietary expansion collars

@chandlersgarage Год назад

Amen brother

@paulcini6084 Год назад

Hahaha you just improved my life so much with rhe pliers hack

@johnarmstrong5953 Год назад

I ordered online a big bag of copper to pex adapters that are actually made of copper not brass. They sweat on MUCH easier.

@jmoneys90 Год назад

Hey Boy! You need to clean up that solder Boy! Back in my days we took pride in our work Boy!

@Got2Learn Год назад

😆😆😆

@ColeSpolaric Год назад

Use the pex that expands and shrinks on to the fitting

@teenwolf219 9 месяцев назад

Compression or wirsbo would be my choice

@derekv275 Год назад

Wirsbo be the way to go

@Got2Learn Год назад

👍👍👍

@churgerr2820 Год назад

1 thing sharkbites don’t do is transfer cpvc to pvc unless maybe you have a bigger cpvc pipe but 3/4 to 3/4 it obviously won’t work

@hmmmmm17 7 месяцев назад

Pre crimp with the rubberized handle instead of the jaws

@Got2Learn 7 месяцев назад

Yes, best trick!

@saltybuckeye Год назад

yep

@andrewcampanile1492 9 месяцев назад

Excellent

@nakamahaki650 Год назад

Shark bite looks like the best way to go :)

@RonyTomo420 Год назад

you gotta have the right tools for the job

@nateweir-nq4pq Год назад

First mistake was using shark bite second mistake was not using viega rings

@asherwestcott9937 Год назад

If you absolutely have to use a shark bite, I find that they grab on copper way better then pex. So get a shark bite that has one end threaded, then put a pex fitting on that.

@Halfbittenjalapeno Год назад

Push fittings should only be used by homeowners until a plumber can come out

@murkyturkey5238 Год назад

Lol

@p215j Год назад

Sharkbite push fittings are to code. Job complete.

@yonatangoldberg7146 11 месяцев назад

He’s another Internet expert

@sethtrahan9162 Год назад

First is my go to

@jamespowell2037 Год назад

I'd say easiest is sharkbite to go Copper to pex

@michaelcarton3299 Год назад

Crimp vs cinch. GO!

@ricksanchez6411 Год назад

clean, if possible try sweating with the fitting upside down, it flows like butter, your first example was professional

@Got2Learn Год назад

Yes!

@tokuzumi1 Год назад

Stainless steel rings are guaranteed to leak over time. Never use them. The black crimp rings are the way to go. Push to connect should only be used in places that aren't sealed in a wall.

@daijoubu4529 Год назад

Oetiker clamps are good enough for automotive uses, what makes you think they'll leak for household uses? Unless crimped improperly.

@hunterkimmel3464 Год назад

“Dooooo it” had me 😂

@Kaplan7225 Год назад

When I flipped my house I used pex and sharkbite when those seemed relatively new to me.. I just kinda went and picked up sharkbites 1 or 2 at a time as I needed them, and after a couple of weeks when I was finished I realized I spent like $400 on sharkbite fittings. :(

@EVCarGuy 8 месяцев назад

I was interested up to the point where you used a Shark Bite. 🤣

@pmiller91 Год назад

The volume lost from those adapters is nuts. And shark bite is for homeowners who don’t know how to plumb.

@JohnnyRingo1863 Год назад

Thanks I'm learning 👍

@kaboom362 Год назад

Man.. come to Beaverton and work with me on my project.

@Got2Learn Год назад

😁

@augustwest9727 8 месяцев назад

I prefer to stainless steel rings because you can break them off and replace them easier than the copper rings.

@karlmiller7500 Год назад

Copper sweat as much as possible eliminate all other mechanical joints whenever possible and you will have a forever system.

@derekv275 Год назад

Mark Insertion depth? 😅

@michaelhanson5773 Год назад

Scrolling through comments looking for all the sharkbite hater comments... Lol

@markm7311 Год назад

Problem with sharkbite is that it can not be covered by the sheetrock or any other permanent coverage. It must be accessible forever. I like to use copper press adapters. Nice sweat joints 🤠

@GiblGab Год назад

REHAU and Fränkische ALPEX for life

@miguelaperalta7027 Год назад

Thank you very much for the info

@William.Kelly7 Год назад

Shark bites should never be used for anything other than a temporary fix... they fail way too often for the risk to be worth it. I definitely prefer Viega pex if I'm going to run plastic, fittings are a bit more expensive but the collar and tool are super convenient

@Tommysmess Год назад

I used sharkbites to redo my entire bathroom, no leaks ans that was almost 6 year ago

@mikenunya5606 Год назад

I love sharkbite if it's not behind a wall. I have always wondered how long those Orings inside will last before they start to break down or dry out

@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 Год назад

Code clearly protects the home or business from unseen damage by not allowing those very convenient fittings to be installed in in accessible locations.

@johnburns2940 9 месяцев назад

Third method "shark bite" let go, and flooded my basement. My plumber said he would not be using the shark bite for that purpose any longer.

@Got2Learn 9 месяцев назад

Sharkbites don't just let go.

@MarioHernandez-xo8os Год назад

It's. So good thanks for your effort

@Got2Learn Год назад

😇

@InnaciKorushka Год назад

Sharkbite for the obvious win. It's been tested in debunking vids and has a large money warranty if it fails. The company obviously trusts it. Every plumber that hates it only hates it cus it means it saves people money while taking money from the plumbers.