How to repipe your whole house with Pex. Forced to DIY my whole house repipe. DIY Pex plumbing installation. Disclaimer: don't try this at home but as you can see it really wasn't that bad. plumbing work in house
I am anticipating repiping older ranch style with basement. Your task video makes me a little more confident. I too will price a couple pros first. Thanks
Sounds great, thanks. I recommend checking with your local code department. You may have to get a permit. There are homeowner permits out there but exclusions apply.
You’re welcome. I want to do this the right way and making sure I take care of the necessary paperwork is a part of the process. I want to do it right the first time.
The weakest point in a pex connection are the fittings. You may want to house those line splitters in some kind of insulation (like make a box from rigid styrofoam). When our house was built, I asked why the pex line was pulled into an interior wall from the attic and a splitter used. Then the lines from the splitter went back into the attic. Builder asked plumber and plumber said the splitter needed to be in the conditioned space since it was the weakest part.
Thanks for the advice. The rigid foam box is a great idea. I tried to use mostly brass fittings in the attic but of course the multi line fittings are plastic. I have concerns about the integrity of those over time. Hopefully I'll be home if one breaks.
@@phillipreborn you can get smart water detectors. put one in the box housing the multi-line fittings and it will alert you (home or not) if there is a leak. if you spend more you can get smart accessories that will shut off the main if there is a leak somewhere, but yeah. i have a detector in my garage in case there is a rain leak intrusion it alerts me so that I can go move my wood etc.
Feels. I've got a slab leak that I've isolated. I'm doing my own repipe through my attic with PEXa as well. I'm adding in a line heater and some leak detectors. I found in the past that long sweep 90 degree conduit elbows can help with bends without damaging the PEX like the metal ones
I know this is an older video, but i am about to attempt the same exact thing. I experienced the same issue with plumbers and my home warranty/home insurance not covering the cost. My estimate was 5k. The only thing that sucks is i wont have a day off from work til after xmas....its not going to be a quick process.
Nope and you will need a permit if you don't want any issues when you go to sell. If you've reported it to your insurance it may come up if you ever need to switch too.
@oarDIY did you have issues with that stuff after you finished? I figured I would technically need to get a permit, but I didn't think about having to notify my insurance company...they aren't willing to even let me make a claim since there isn't any visible damage to my property at the moment. So no matter what I would have to come out of pocket for everything. I did see you did this work in Florida and I have heard there have been insurance companies refusing to cover houses with pex over there, is that true? I live in texas and there haven't been any issues with it as of now. The plumber that gave me a quote was essentially going to replace everything with pex just like I'm going to do.
I used a threaded male PVC connector to a brass/copper fitting. I've heard that it is recommended to use a threaded female PVC adapter then into a male brass/copper fitting. From there I sweated on a copper to pex fitting.
Did you connect with PVC in a few spots? If so, you can’t do it on hot water lines. Also, just a tip, your straps should be on the inside of the 2x4” not the front. Then you can’t put the drywall back up😂😂
Hello, no hot water lines were connected to PVC. There was only PVC entering the house then converted to Pex from there. Those were inset from the wall. It was a 2x6 wall separating both bathrooms to accommodate the plumbing. Thanks for watching and commenting!
My brother repiped the whole house from cast iron to copper. But the plumbers did not repipe a 2inch wide black plastic tube? Were those necessary to repipe or no?
I'm just a DIYer, but I'm reasonably confident in saying that any 2 inch plastic pipes in a residence would be a DWV (drain, waste, venting) pipe - mostly like ABS plastic (PVC is usually white). Hot and Cold supply lines in houses are typically 3/4" inch, reduced down to 1/2" wherever it branches off to an individual faucet (or similar).
@@phillipreborn I just learned that I will have to replace my entire water pipe system myself, and I did see something on another site that said plumbers have to use something to locate some of the pipes behind the walls. I have zero experience with houses so I didn’t think that I’d probably be fine if I just follow behind the valves like you just mentioned.
