Why did you not properly prepare the copper pipe before sliding on the propress? Furthermore why did you do this the hard way and Rube Golberg it with the pex, instead of screwing it in and using the union? You would have been done faster with just wrenches?
This particular customer has terrible copper pipe quality, so he wanted us to re-pipe in pex a couple weeks after this video. So I went ahead and made that transfer fitting.
Any reason why you just didn’t solder it? You did mention a gas line, but that water line is under pressure and I will feel secure only if my handyman soldered it.
I can definitely solder one… This particular customer wants to re-pipe the house, so he wanted it all in PEX, so I did it this way to have a good starting point when I return to do the larger project.
Pretty sure I’m going to have to replace an old Watts PRV which is installed into an all PEX system. How is this done and made easier to replace the next time?
Pex is the easiest way. First, see if your PRV has unions and you can more than likely buy the same model and do a quick swap out. If not…. Then buy a pex version of a PRV and splice it into the water main
@@WrenchWorksPlumbing I’d love to simply swap out knowing I have the model number, I just don’t see how it can be done with barbed ends on the Watts unit? Is it simply as easy as breaking the PEX collars somehow at the ends and twisting those barbed ends out of the PEX? And there are no unions on my model Watts.
The three-quarter version, which is what I used in this video holds up to 1200 pounds of pressure. which is well over the residential and most commercial applications
You just reduced the full oad water capacity by 33% When will installers will realize that smaller I.D. fittings cause significant pressure drops under full dervice demands.
If installed incorrectly, same with sharkbites, people with attitudes making your food, and girls who decide to swim in makeup.....If done correctly it's safe, fine and up to code, however when done badly it's just hard to look at... in this case as long as his pex b, fittings and tool are rated for the 2908 code (stainless steel rings) then he would just have to look up his state's building code and confirm it with his materials. For example as of 2022 my state requires astm f877 rated pex even if not used on a hot water line. Pex doesn't suck, people who install pex wrong suck lol ~ Work Smart
Nice upload I'll be seeing whats next to come.
Soon
Why did you not properly prepare the copper pipe before sliding on the propress? Furthermore why did you do this the hard way and Rube Golberg it with the pex, instead of screwing it in and using the union? You would have been done faster with just wrenches?
You’re actually correct… Plumbing is always a learning process and now I know
Good grief that was a lot of water. How come you didn't open some faucets in the house to drain the lines?
I did. But it’s a three-story house, so you always have residual water when you cut open the main water source.
whyd you transfer to pex if you already had the male adaptor? it looked like it was alright
This particular customer has terrible copper pipe quality, so he wanted us to re-pipe in pex a couple weeks after this video. So I went ahead and made that transfer fitting.
Any reason why you just didn’t solder it? You did mention a gas line, but that water line is under pressure and I will feel secure only if my handyman soldered it.
I can definitely solder one… This particular customer wants to re-pipe the house, so he wanted it all in PEX, so I did it this way to have a good starting point when I return to do the larger project.
Nice job
Thank you
Pretty sure I’m going to have to replace an old Watts PRV which is installed into an all PEX system. How is this done and made easier to replace the next time?
Pex is the easiest way.
First, see if your PRV has unions and you can more than likely buy the same model and do a quick swap out. If not…. Then buy a pex version of a PRV and splice it into the water main
@@WrenchWorksPlumbing I’d love to simply swap out knowing I have the model number, I just don’t see how it can be done with barbed ends on the Watts unit? Is it simply as easy as breaking the PEX collars somehow at the ends and twisting those barbed ends out of the PEX? And there are no unions on my model Watts.
What are the specs for the pex adapter you used? Thx
The three-quarter version, which is what I used in this video holds up to 1200 pounds of pressure. which is well over the residential and most commercial applications
You just reduced the full oad water capacity by 33% When will installers will realize that smaller I.D. fittings cause significant pressure drops under full dervice demands.
Interesting
Thanks. Hope that pipe wasn't a ground. :)
This one was not
Not a fan of pro press. Very expensive.
I understand
pex sucks!
Does it
If installed incorrectly, same with sharkbites, people with attitudes making your food, and girls who decide to swim in makeup.....If done correctly it's safe, fine and up to code, however when done badly it's just hard to look at... in this case as long as his pex b, fittings and tool are rated for the 2908 code (stainless steel rings) then he would just have to look up his state's building code and confirm it with his materials. For example as of 2022 my state requires astm f877 rated pex even if not used on a hot water line. Pex doesn't suck, people who install pex wrong suck lol
~ Work Smart