[Shop-talk] Plumbing fun

[Peter Murray]

Looks more like something my kids would do, stuffing peanut butter and
chocolate pieces in there - though, honestly, they'd eat that and stuff
play-dough in there instead.

I hear PEX is awesome, and you can run it like network cable. Fortunately,
I haven't had to replumb my house yet. I hope the "city conditioner" I put
in several years ago helps to keep the aquatic plaque away.

-Peter

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:49 PM Mark J Bradakis via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> So I replaced the old, leaking valve and union with new bits. This is
> the feed to the outside front hose faucet.  Managed to wiggle it all
> just right to get it to fit and tighten up properly.  Turn on the valve
> and start getting wet.  The new parts aren't leaking, it is the old
> joint at the union at the wall, that skanky looking bit with the dark
> discoloration.  Guess the wiggling around disturbed it to the point of
> failing.
>
> I'm thinking of replacing the pipes between the new valve and the
> leaking union with a short of piece of flexible hose, like maybe a
> washing machine fill hose, or something similar.  Of course, access is
> going to be a pain, will need to dig out the saw and start whacking away
> more old sheetrock first.
>
> What fun.
>
> Of course, the REAL fix is to replumb the entire house, I'm sure a LOT
> of the pipe look like the inside of the old valve I removed.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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