What would I do if the galvanized pipe isn’t threaded? Used compression fitting for a while. It blew out yesterday after 2 years. Main water line from the meter is old galvanized. Mine are pvc
Thanks so much for this video! Extremely useful and going to be put to use while I work from room to room in my house updating the waterline in stages as I renovate. Can’t wait for all the old galvanized to finally be gone but it’s a process.
Be careful: Home Depot sells two different types of PEX fittings : PEX-B fittings and PEX-A fittings. They look VERY similar - but are different in configuration and cannot be interchanged. Type B is used for Crimp-Ring while PEX-A is used for Expansion Rings. HD has them all mixed up so pay close attention when buying. Thank you
They look similar but the size difference is huge, if you're used to pipe sizes PEX B will be shockingly small, 3/4" PEX B is basically the same size as any other 1/2" fittings.
@@CoyoteHollarHomestead if you're still looking best way is push and play fittings. Like sharkbites and the such. You could always go the route of adding a thread to your pipe and continuing as the guy in the video does.
I wish you had continued and showed the crimping process. Until then, the job is unfinished, and I can't start a job and not finish it when it comes to pressurized water lines to the house. The result would be flooding, or leaving the water off from then on. Neither choice is acceptable.
3/4 pvc to galvanized water main repair to the house... replacing old 3/4 galvanized pipe with pvc from meter to house and connect onto 3/4 galvanized pipe in front of house... about 80 feet total distance... what is the best lifetime fitting for my repairs? Screw on fitting at meter then connect pvc then run to house connect onto existing galvanized with sharkbite fitting there about 7 feet from house?
try to leave sharkbites out the equation but if you have to it will work just make sure it's accessable just in case I have have 1 sharkbite fail it was a freeze proof hydrant and it wasn't from installation error it was defect from manufacturing of the PEX to copper hydrant
Sharkbites should only be used in a emergency to fix it for temporary time not recommended for long term installs most plumbers hate them and won't touch them it's like a doughnut tire on a car that's all
Idk why people keep saying that, everywhere I see brass touching galvanized the galvanized is corroded as hell. If you look at galvanic corrosion charts brass will corrode steel and zinc, so the myth of no corrosion is based on what?
Can't say. Maybe it's an insider kind of thing. I was told by a plumber and it worked well for me. Maybe brass corrodes it slower? IDK@@bobbygetsbanned6049
It's the velocity that increases, but the pressure decreases as the flow goes through the line. If pressure increases, the flow would go backwards. Make sense?
@@geoffm7497 No. Galvanized pipe has zinc plating on the surface. Black pipe should not be used for pipes that hold water. Black pipe is used for gas line piping and dry fire sprinkler line piping (meaning fire sprinklers that do not hold water until the fire sprinkler is activated)
I was hoping to see how to connect to an already connected pipe under the house, but I guess a diagram will do. Try to take galvanized pipe off an old house, I dare you.
RIGHT.... it fucking 1:15 am and I got a dripping corroded fitting, that I'm trying to solve in the least fubar method available. This MFer has the attention span of a goldfish
Sharkbites are not a long term fix they are considered by plumbers to temporarily fix in an emergency many have failed and flooded homes it's like a doughnut tire on a car it's not meant to last for long time of regular use
What would I do if the galvanized pipe isn’t threaded? Used compression fitting for a while. It blew out yesterday after 2 years. Main water line from the meter is old galvanized. Mine are pvc
I have the same question. I'm going to have to cut that metal pipe, the threads are rusted together at this point.
Thanks so much for this video! Extremely useful and going to be put to use while I work from room to room in my house updating the waterline in stages as I renovate. Can’t wait for all the old galvanized to finally be gone but it’s a process.
Be careful: Home Depot sells two different types of PEX fittings : PEX-B fittings and PEX-A fittings. They look VERY similar - but are different in configuration and cannot be interchanged. Type B is used for Crimp-Ring while PEX-A is used for Expansion Rings. HD has them all mixed up so pay close attention when buying. Thank you
They look similar but the size difference is huge, if you're used to pipe sizes PEX B will be shockingly small, 3/4" PEX B is basically the same size as any other 1/2" fittings.
Thank you!!!
She's good! She definitely knows her work well! 💯👌🏼
You need the correct size crimp rings to keep the pex locked in place
Is there a galvanized to Uponor Pex one anywhere?
Can this be done with Pex A as well?
No mention of pipe dope or Teflon tape?
Is that adapter brass?
Would not a dielectric union be the best connection? Why make a connection that's prone to corrosion? Is the pex connector brass?
I need to know how to connect PEX to unthreaded pipe, without using couplings, if possible.
Figure anything out?
@@CoyoteHollarHomestead if you're still looking best way is push and play fittings. Like sharkbites and the such. You could always go the route of adding a thread to your pipe and continuing as the guy in the video does.
Exactly what I wanna know too. My plumbing supply says there is a fitting for this but they’re out of stock. They didn’t tell me what it’s called.
@@neomacchio4692 Lemme know when you find out.
@@jeffbox3591 like a Fernco coupling to connect unthreaded galvanized to something else like PVC, or a fixture?
Needs a dielectric union yo
This is exactly what I was going to say. Galvanized pipe and copper has possiblties of corrosion
There are UNIONS that can bridge steel to brass.
I wish you had continued and showed the crimping process. Until then, the job is unfinished, and I can't start a job and not finish it when it comes to pressurized water lines to the house. The result would be flooding, or leaving the water off from then on. Neither choice is acceptable.
TONS of videos on crimping pex
Will this work for outside faucet?
Yes it will work.
3/4 pvc to galvanized water main repair to the house... replacing old 3/4 galvanized pipe with pvc from meter to house and connect onto 3/4 galvanized pipe in front of house... about 80 feet total distance... what is the best lifetime fitting for my repairs? Screw on fitting at meter then connect pvc then run to house connect onto existing galvanized with sharkbite fitting there about 7 feet from house?
try to leave sharkbites out the equation but if you have to it will work just make sure it's accessable just in case I have have 1 sharkbite fail it was a freeze proof hydrant and it wasn't from installation error it was defect from manufacturing of the PEX to copper hydrant
Sharkbites should only be used in a emergency to fix it for temporary time not recommended for long term installs most plumbers hate them and won't touch them it's like a doughnut tire on a car that's all
If a galvanized pipe has not any thread, how to connect to a pex ?
What if your galvanized pipe don't have threaded ends ?
You get a pipe threader and cut you some threads in the pipe
go to nearest threads run pex from there
Get a compression fitting to connect from non threaded galvanized to pex
YOUR AMAZING! I was so nervous what to do!
What if you cut the galvanized pipe and it is not threaded?
You would have to make new threads with a pipe threader tool. Very messy because you have to pour cutting oil on the pipe while you're threading it.
@@mdovideo1414 compression coupling it is then!
would have been helpful to show the correct parts, brass Union and clips?
It's a generic video to get people pointed in the right direction
Thank you.
Wheres the shark bit vid?
They have been known to fail and flood homes try compression fittings they can expand during freezing temps and retighten when weather warms up
mine leaked weeping like from brass when screwed down on galvanized tight...why?
Put pipe dope on the threads
You never did a video on CPVC to galvanized pipe I checked
There shouldn't be any corrosion issue when brass and galvanized connect. Copper to galvanized will corrode.
what if i have 1/2 male on both sides to fip 1/2 galvanized to 1/2 copper
@@Eastbaypisces brass is the buffer between copper and galvanized. When copper and gal touch each other they have a reaction that produces corrosion.
@@brians9072 brass co gain copper, and does not sufficiently replace a dielectric union.
Idk why people keep saying that, everywhere I see brass touching galvanized the galvanized is corroded as hell. If you look at galvanic corrosion charts brass will corrode steel and zinc, so the myth of no corrosion is based on what?
Can't say. Maybe it's an insider kind of thing. I was told by a plumber and it worked well for me. Maybe brass corrodes it slower? IDK@@bobbygetsbanned6049
Thank you
Is there a way to marry PEX to galvanized pipe if the galvanized pipe does not have threads on the end of it?
Yes it's called a dresser Coupling works by compression
but it will connect galvanized to pex?
@@Eastbaypisces yes
You're reducing the line diameter, there by increasing pressure.
is that not ok? was thinking of doing same thing, 1/2 to 3/4
It's the velocity that increases, but the pressure decreases as the flow goes through the line. If pressure increases, the flow would go backwards. Make sense?
@@Desen5zano this guy Bernoulli's
I'm learning...
What if the galvanized pipe has no threading ?
MrBafner shark bite will work for that
Ashley White is galvanized pipe another term for black steel pipe??
Ashley White wait there’s shark bites that work on non threaded galvanized pipe?
@@geoffm7497 No. Galvanized pipe has zinc plating on the surface. Black pipe should not be used for pipes that hold water. Black pipe is used for gas line piping and dry fire sprinkler line piping (meaning fire sprinklers that do not hold water until the fire sprinkler is activated)
@@ashleywhite5109 no it wont
I was hoping to see how to connect to an already connected pipe under the house, but I guess a diagram will do. Try to take galvanized pipe off an old house, I dare you.
RIGHT.... it fucking 1:15 am and I got a dripping corroded fitting, that I'm trying to solve in the least fubar method available.
This MFer has the attention span of a goldfish
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What is this?
Brass nipple will corrode on galvanized pipe, I wish there was a better way to do it.
Use Sharkbites
those suck
@@jacksplumbingvideos7147 Guess you're using them wrong then. They're great.
@@jamiesexton1786 they are for people who don’t take pride in what they do. I use copper or cpvc.
Sharkbites are not a long term fix they are considered by plumbers to temporarily fix in an emergency many have failed and flooded homes it's like a doughnut tire on a car it's not meant to last for long time of regular use
@@frankfrank5821you have these many proofs? Always hear about them, never see them.
Don't bother doing more videos
You gonna have a tutorial on something at least learn what the parts are called what a joke