It's not PVC any longer, it's some other kind of plastic not subject to the problems of PVC and not welding as with copper. The new plastic piping is suppose to be stronger and last longer as well as cheaper. The plumbing contractor told me they offer the copper because to many people won't trust this plastic piping after all the problems with PVC. Here in Nevada it gets really hot and here where I live it gets 5 degrees to 7 degrees hotter then what they report at the airport and their temperatures and the afternoon sun beats down on this plastic faucet and it hasn't bothered it at all. If that were brass, you couldn't touch it around 3 P.M. This plastic thing is warm but not hot.
Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blaine Deutscher" <b.m.deutsc...@sasktel.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet > does copper piping have a diffferent taste to the water then plastic pipes > do? I find for myself that if you have a house with an older version of > taps > that the water doesn't taste as good compared to the new taps that are > being > installed in housing today. I know though that the plastic pipes in cold > weather does burst but a lot of apartments are putting plastic piping in > the > house under sinks and what not because the other stuff is starting to > rust. > Does anyone know the life expectincy of copper piping verses PVC pipe? > Would > be interesting to learn how much longer it lasts and if it's the same. > Talk > to you later. > > Blaine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Paganelli > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet > > > > Yeah, we had the hole house re piped 2 or 3 years back. The old PCV pipes > were starting to burst and crack. As I understood it, the company who > manufactured the pipe went out of business about 20 years ago or so said > the > plumber who did the job for us. Of course we changed everything over to > copper but never even thought of the faucets to the outside but crawling > under the house and having a look-see showed me it wouldn't be any big > deal > to change it myself. Where the plastic lines connect to the copper, the > fittings are copper and there is a plastic screw fitting on the end of the > plastic pipe so all that would need to be done is just to unscrew the > plastic screw fitting on the plastic stuff and just replace it with copper > fittings and pipe. I might have to use a torch to put the fittings on the > copper lines but that can be done. Well, if I get the guy next door to do > it for me. He did his house too. > > Alan > > Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on > the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! > > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still > available upon request. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <arobb...@nycap.rr.com> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:29 AM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet > >> Alan, >> >> Thanks for your thoughts. I have copper running throughout including to >> outside.Hoping there are other options other than gluing faucet to Pex as >> that part will be in the wall and not easy to fix if a leak occurs. >> >> Al >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Alan Paganelli >> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:11 PM >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet >> >> >> >> I just changed my outside water faucets a few months back. Their made of >> some kind of plastic now and they just glue in place onto Pex pipe. The >> job >> took about 5 minutes. We have PVC pipe to the outside faucets. I used a >> hacksaw to cut off the old brass ones, cleaned up the end of the pipe and >> then found my plastic pipe cutter so the other one went even quicker. >> >> HTH >> >> Alan >> >> Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ >> There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on >> the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! >> >> The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still >> available upon request. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <arobb...@nycap.rr.com> >> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:52 AM >> Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet >> >> > RJ, >> > >> > Thanks. So to make sure I understand this here is my current and >> proposed >> > situation. >> > >> > I have an old faucet mounded on the bottom row of siding on the outside >> of >> > my house. It is threaded on to a standard fitting that was soldered to >> > standard half inch copper pipe. Fortunately, there is a shut off in the >> > basement for this run. I want to relocate this to the back side of the >> > house as we are getting new siding put on and I want to extend the deck >> in >> > conjunction with this project. Of course you can guess that the water >> > outlet >> > is right where the deck board will bo against the house. Anyway, if I >> > understand you correctly above I can simply get a new faucet, length of >> > Pex, >> > and a shark bite fitting? In your case, did the faucet come pre >> connected >> > to >> > the length of Pex or does it simply slide on?-----Original Message----- >> > >> > thanks, >> > Al >> > >> > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on >> > Behalf Of RJ >> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:52 AM >> > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet >> > >> > >> > >> > I used pex pipe and shark fittings. The pipe is flexible and the >> fittings >> > just slide on. The fittings will work on Pesx, PVC, or copper pipes and >> > the >> > great part is no cleaner, glue, solder and easy to slide off with a >> pair >> > of >> > pliers or a tool that cost less than a buck. The pipe and fittings are >> > rated >> > at 200 P S I >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Alan & Terrie Robbins >> > To: Blindhandyman >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:39 PM >> > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Outside water faucet >> > >> > I think I remember a while ago RJ put an outside faucet in >> > and used some type easy connector to do it? Could whoever >> > did this, and again, I think it was RJ, describe what you >> > purchased to do the job? >> > >> > thanks >> > Al >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > Send any questions regarding list management to: >> > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >> > To listen to the show archives go to link >> > >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p >> age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> > Or >> > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> > >> > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> > >> > Visit the archives page at the following address >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> > >> > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> > list just send a blank message to: >> > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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