Dan, Mike, & Dale, Thanks, it's off to the hardware store later I go to get a ball valve. Thanks for all the ideas & discussion.
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Shut off valve Al, I think there are others better qualified to answer your question here, but if you are cutting a Copper line, and want to install a shut-off valve, I think your options are a regular valve that has to be sweated on, a compression fitting, or a shark bite. I don't think that PEX comes into play at all here, other than the fact that I think shark bites can do both PEX and Copper. When you go to the hardware store, just explain it like you did here. You are cutting a Copper line, and just installing a shut-off inline. I agree with Dale that you want a ball valve. I had most of the valves in my basement replaced with ball valves, including one just above the main shut-off. I haven't noticed any reduction in flow. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
