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I’m sure those o rings are nice and toasty burnt. They also make screw on stainless steel adapters to put the pex rifjt on so you don’t mix copper and make maintenance replacement easier down the road. But hey I’m just a non plumber doing things the correct way.
I started watching your videos as a guy aspiring to be in the HVAC plumbing fields just going to school. Now I watch your videos 3 years deep and can fully relate. Thank you sir lol
Thumbs up! I have to replace mine. I have to go from polybutylene to PEX to Faucet. I know the PB is no longer allowed in homes, but mine has it and will replace as they leak, great video Steve.
I just bought that 1/2 inch white in pluming department using outside . I use Sharkbite with it. What wrong using it ? What the color got to do with it?
That white pipe on the hose bib in the beginning of the video looks like C-PVC, or if the original installer was a cheap bastard, it might be just plain old PVC. Those clamp type connectors are crap, all they really do is crush the end of the PEX, and are the most likely to fail over time. Of all the different types of connectors out there, that is probably the only one I would never use, even in an emergency situation. I prefer Uponor PEX and fittings, they offer a much more reliable seal that will never leak, except for installer error, AND they are guaranteed lead free.
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What a waste of time, just use a 3/8 shark bite connector on the Pex with 1/2 inch male threaded end and a small 1/2 inch female ends braided steel flex line. Attach the shark bite to the Pex, just slip it on, attach the steel line to the shark bite and attach the other end of the steel line to the male threads on the faucet The original faucets appear to already be "Frost Free" and on a New house, Come on Steve !
Looking at the plumbing work inside, I do not know if I would have faith to re-use anything they had - even if it appeared to work. If you use the old ones and they fail, the owner will blame you and you get to make another trip for no $$$.
Honestly I hate pex. It’s flimsy and doesn’t look as clean as copper does. And it’s more work converting from copper to pex. Might as well make the whole house copper at the end of the day if you’re gonna have to solder.
My mom's home was ruined by plastic polybutylene (PB) pipe, but I plan on replacing my PB home (zero leaks, 28 years in) with pex. Because I can run a pipe from the manifold directly to my each fixture's shut off valve with no joins or welds. I just have my doubts over sharkbite in cases where something like water hammer continually stresses the coupling. I am more comfortable with the crimps and a precise crimper. But it is more difficult and there will be cases where the crimper can't get in perfect position and years later you have a leak there... where a shark-bite would have worked flawlessly. I wouldn't convert copper line unless you are getting pinhole leaks everywhere from bad water. Good pipe you can just braze on a new coupling and you're good to go.
I'm a southerner, so I am used to lower insulation values, but I'd want at least 2-3' of downward slope on the pex to empty out more water when you winterize. I know pex is freeze resistant but still...