Kitchen/bathroom plumbing issue
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For some reason I just have never been able to get myself to jump on the sharkbite wagon! I think it's because when I started working with PEX years ago the sharkbites had some issues with leaking and didn't have the best reputation. So I spent the money on a good crimper and all the fittings and was done with it. Also the sharkbites are usually a lot more expensive to use vs. pex fittings, if you are just figuring the fittings and not the pex crimper. So while I don't do this stuff everyday I do enough for myself, friends and family that it would eventually pay off the crimper and actually the first time I worked with pex was finishing a basement for a friend in a brand new house that was all pex. I made him buy the crimper and other tools so I came out ahead. But everything I read now a days is all good about sharkbites. So I really wouldn't have any issue using them, just that I already have all the tools for pex and also have a crimper for earless crimps so don't really have a need for sharkbites. Just a personal thing but in reality I've heard nothing but good about them, I'm just stubborn!
The one thing I've always wanted to try is to put a shut off valve on a "live" supply line using a sharkbite. I'm not sure if it would work good or just make a huge mess! I figure if I crimp a length of pex onto a sharkbite shut off valve and have the pex into a bucket. I should be able to cut the supply line and have a towel under the line and above to stop the spray and then slide the sharkbite fitting onto the supply line. If you go quick enough I would think that it wouldn't make to big of a mess and then once the valve is on the water will go into the bucket and then you can just close the valve. I don't think you would be able to put the valve on while closed, figure it would be to hard to fight against the water pressure but who knows. Just something I thought of one time but have been to chicken to try. If it would work decent might be one of those emergency repair tricks.
The one thing I've always wanted to try is to put a shut off valve on a "live" supply line using a sharkbite. I'm not sure if it would work good or just make a huge mess! I figure if I crimp a length of pex onto a sharkbite shut off valve and have the pex into a bucket. I should be able to cut the supply line and have a towel under the line and above to stop the spray and then slide the sharkbite fitting onto the supply line. If you go quick enough I would think that it wouldn't make to big of a mess and then once the valve is on the water will go into the bucket and then you can just close the valve. I don't think you would be able to put the valve on while closed, figure it would be to hard to fight against the water pressure but who knows. Just something I thought of one time but have been to chicken to try. If it would work decent might be one of those emergency repair tricks.
I didn't do it to a 'live' supply line, but I did cut one before the well pressure tank was completely drained so water was pouring out of the cut Pex line. I was easily able to slip the Sharkbyte shutoff valve onto the Pex to stop the flow of water.
A word of caution though .. every shutoff valve I bought was hard to turn the very first time. I actually had to use a pipe wrench to turn it. It was fine after that, though.
A word of caution though .. every shutoff valve I bought was hard to turn the very first time. I actually had to use a pipe wrench to turn it. It was fine after that, though.
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