[Shop-talk] Plumbing fun

[Jim Juhas]

I used PEX on my kitchen remodel in 2011. Maybe I didn't know any better but I used the crimp rings on hot and cold sides, run to the icemaker, feed to dishwasher. Everything is still intact. Only downside is that PEX under the sink isn't as pretty as copper.

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> On Jul 30, 2019, at 9:35 PM, Jim Stone via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The union in the photograph doesn’t look terrible to me.  I’ve certainly successfully worked with worse.  If only to buy you some time, it can’t hurt to wrap a couple of extra turns of teflon tape around the new fitting - or goober it up with pipe dope - and see if it works.
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> That isn’t to say that a re-plumb isn’t in your future. The clogged pipe looks pretty scary.  I haven’t worked much with PEX, but have watched plumbers using it and am pretty impressed.  None of the pros seem to use crimpers for their connections, and they tell me they don’t trust crimped connections.  They use something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-2432-22-12-Volt-Propex-Expansion/dp/B0048EJX7U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20YNES0KKJ2KB&keywords=milwaukee+pex+expander+tool&qid=1564536668&s=hi&sprefix=Milwaukee+pex%2Ctools%2C127&sr=1-1.  There are manual versions of this for sale, but I am sure this is the way to go if you are doing a fair amount of work. 
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> I have also been told by professionals that Shark Bite fittings are really good.  They are expensive if you are doing a lot of work, but a good way connecting PEX to other forms of pipe.
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> Jim
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>> On Jul 30, 2019, at 9:01 PM, Mark J Bradakis via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> So I cut out enough sheetrock to get some wrenching room, got the old pipes out without too much trouble.  I sprayed a few of the joints with WD40 a few times, maybe that helped, maybe it didn't.
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>> So now the question is can I get the sealing face that rusty old union cleaned up enough to get a good seal, or am I going to have to replace it too, which might mean tearing into the wall in the next room.  Or maybe not.
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>> And then, this project has got me thinking.  It might be my cue to buy a roll of PEX, a cutter and a crimper and start using it to fix this problem and the next one on my list, the washing machine.  At the moment when you select a hot water wash, the machine fills up at a rate of about a gallon a day.  Is it just the fill hose being clogged, or the valve, or the pipes feeding it?  Fun fun fun!
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>> mjb.
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