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08-17-2008, 09:49 PM | #512 |
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That is happening all over the place, with the value of scrap copper. They're stealing AC units outside of homes too.
I should throw up a list of my latest projects someday. The more projects I tackle, the less of a real "handy man" i feel like. Decided to pimp out the windows and siding project....2 weeks I think. |
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08-18-2008, 03:19 PM | #513 | |
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08-18-2008, 09:20 PM | #515 |
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I agree regarding pex. I probably have a couple hundy wrapped up into stocked fittings, copper tube, flux, & solder but I'm content to let that stuff rot if I can do pex in less than half the labor and 0% of the problems. I spent 6 hours on a solder job in phisherman's house last summer that would have taken me 10 minutes with pex today. It also looks like a blind geriatric rigged it but at least it's watertight. Never again.
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08-18-2008, 10:13 PM | #516 |
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following along those lines you should try the push fit fittings (I think they are called "Gator Bite" or something like that) with the pex line. They install in literally one second and you can actually remove and re-use them using only a cheap plastic tool. The fittings are a bit pricey but they are much easier and quicker than the crimp fittings.
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08-18-2008, 10:57 PM | #517 | |
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08-19-2008, 01:19 PM | #518 | |
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08-19-2008, 02:11 PM | #519 |
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Ummm, lets see. Dont jerk off with shampoo!
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08-19-2008, 02:18 PM | #520 |
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I use the shark bite fittings all the time in commercial applications and they are the best thing since sliced bread. I can join copper to pex or copper to copper.... you get the point. I have not had one fail in the 2 yrs I have been using them. I also have a co-worker that has a house in Raymore that is done all in pex. He loves it.
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08-19-2008, 03:33 PM | #521 |
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I was lucky. The first one I ever tried failed. I'm not a slow learner. Fortunately it was on a job helping out a cousin for free and most the water went into his crawlspace. So I wasn't on the hook for the cleanup.
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08-19-2008, 06:58 PM | #522 | |
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08-20-2008, 10:50 AM | #523 | |
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Out of curiosity, how long was it working before it failed? More like an hour or more like a year? |
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08-20-2008, 11:14 AM | #524 | |
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Oh - and the fitting performed fine for about 10 days. |
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08-20-2008, 11:39 AM | #525 |
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i've yet to have a sharkbite fitting fail either. handy when you've got to transition from pex to copper. sometimes on cpvc that that little plastic stiffener needs to come out to let the cpvc go all the way in. the only time i've ever seen one leak was on cpvc and the pipe didn't fully insert.
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