Hey Bob, thank you very much for the infor mation, encouragement, and support. I guess I shouldn't really complain cause I only have four sinks which includes the deep sink, two crappers, and one shower. All of the main lines are accessible from the basement by moving the drop ceiling out of the way and the risers for the kitchen and upper level bath are all cpvc as far as I can tell. So, someone started on those at least and left copper everywhere else. Oh, I did forget the two outdoor hose bibs and they need replacing probably at this rate. Gee, this might not be so bad really.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:48 AM, chiliblindman wrote: > Hello Scott. The distributor panel does allow to have separate runs > directly to any fixture if you want. You can run a hot and cold line > to an area and tee to go to more than one fixture in an area. Also > available are small brass manifolds with multiple fittings to attach > pex to and go to I think about 4 fixtures from one point. > Saddle valves go right on to pex the same as if it is copper. Also > one person mentioned about the push fittings for the pex. There are > two kinds I think as far as pressure and both are very nice to work > with and blind friendly. The low pressure goes up to 90 psi and the > high pressure fittings go over 150 psi I think. The low is plenty > for what I am doing. My water pressure here is over 50 psi and most > people are not ready for that and have a glass knocked out of their > hands when they try to get water for a quick drink. I live less than > a quarter mile from the pressure reservoir on the hill where I walk. > There are fittings to go from any kind of pipe to any kind of > tubing. Most plumbers I know now use the push fittings and report no > problems. You only use them once. You do want to invest into a > cutter for the plastic pipe so you get a true 90 degree cut at the > fitting end. The cutters are very cheap and they also do pvc and > others but not metal. > Yesterday I cut the water off, got the two sinks out, removed the > vanity top and the vanity. Took a break around supper and worked > till 10 last night. I decided to remove the john right away and did > that also. Crowbars came out and so did the floor. I have decided to > check on a water saver toilet that flushes properly and put one of > them in since I have gone this far. The one I removed uses about 4 > gallons a flush. I'll install it in the basement where the john uses > 7.5 gallons a flush. That one is only used when the place is fully > crowded about twice a year or when I work in the basement on > projects. My two other baths I have installed water saver johns in > the past. My hands are really sore today. > For me as in any project, the hardest and largest part of any job is > starting. Mentally overcoming a point of saying and going to the > doing point. So most of the work is done by starting, the only thing > yet to do is now finish. I have three month to do the little part so > I'll always be on schedule now. The nice thing is all the new > information I'll learn when I run into a problem that needs solved. > That info and pinched fingers will help with any future projects. > ...................bob > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
