On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:40:06 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> We have the opposite problem, our water is a bit basic, I've been
> replacing all of our type m with the thicker stuff, type f?
Type L
> I figure if the original thin stuff went 40 years this should do pretty
> well.
We have the opposite problem, our water is a bit basic, I've been replacing all
of our type m with the thicker stuff, type f? I figure if the original thin
stuff went 40 years this should do pretty well. Our house is small, there isn't
that much plumbing. I did half last summer, I'll do the
In this case, freezing temps. It is seasonal. While I have been
careful about drainage, it is in blueberry country. (acid soil = acid
water = copper washing away, as well as Iron pipes washing away.) THe
copper is over 40 yrs old. All the pipes hung below the joists. Now all
the plumbing
Depends. My well water is slightly acid, not enough to be unhealthy but enough
to eat copper pipes (especially thin wall - type M). The 40-year old copper in
my house developed leaks, especially flexible tubing but the rigid stuff broke
easily too. I replaced all with PEX or black poly for
I have the apollo clamp pliers ($80) as at lowes and some plum supply
houses.
Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote on 7/2/19 2:20 PM:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Apollo-Multi-Head-PEX-Crimp-Tool-Kit-69PTKH0015K/202525483
I did not use the hose clamps. I used the apollo type pex clamps that
you crimp on one side. Think fountain soda hoses. The other type is a
ring that is compressed similar to a hose ferrule.
I did find a cure for the threads. I took everything apart and used
Permatex clear RTV as dope.
I did a few PEX joints and I used those copper bands that get compressed over
the PEX joint by a special crimping tool like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/IWISS-Crimping-Suitable-Sharkbite-Standards/dp/B0759GM5NL
The tool cost more back then and the jaws were held in by set screws. Never
had
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Apollo-Multi-Head-PEX-Crimp-Tool-Kit-69PTKH0015K/202525483
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Apollo-1-2-1-in-PEX-Crimp-Ring-Removal-Tool-69PTKD0009/202523174
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Plumber-s-Choice-PEX-Tubing-Cutter-Tool-PTCUT/303711301
Oops, now I see you went into detail on the fittings already.
I don't think you're supposed to use worm gear clamps on PEX.
Perhaps spring band clamps
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077YDHSFB
Fuel injection hose clamps
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HJ3S28L
Or t-bolt clamps would provide even
What sort of fittings?
Some people swear by Sharkbite, some people swear at them.
I suspect the initial leaks are operator error, but I'm leery of drywalling
over Sharkbite and having it weep a few years later.
If I were doing it, I'd use the barbed fittings that you put a PEX tension ring
What was wrong with the copper system that you had to cut out? Seems to me
it would have been preferable to fix / keep that.
No experience with PEX.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:05 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Well, I got the
Perhaps the best "PEX" system is copper tubing??? New is not always better.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 12:05 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Well, I got the copper plumbing cut out and the new PEX system turned on
> yesterday. It all looked very pretty until I turned
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