A lesson about basic PEX plumbing materials - Intro to Plumbing Systems
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2024
- In this video, we review PEX materials used when plumbing as part of our Intro to Plumbing Lesson Series. Remember to watch the other material videos in this series - More about PVC, copper, and iron pipe
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0:00 PEX tubing materials
3:03 PEX fittings
12:44 Valves for PEX
16:24 Push to connect fittings
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Fantastic job. Clear, concise and professional.
Rare that I like or subscribe, this excellent video earned both.
Thanks for the like and sub - Joe has had some good luck lately - he is down to one finger with a Band-Aid.
That's, the most beautiful video I've ever seen (holds back tears).
handing you a tissue...
I have been plumbing as little as possible for 40 years.Plumbing is my least favorite job to do,but after 40 years you learn a lot and I know 85% of this already.Your approach to-teaching is amazing and I enjoyed watching the video from start to finish.Thank you sir.
thanks and glad to hear it.
Agreed
Thank you for your content. A few yea ago, in Texas, we were slammed with a horrible winter. A property of mine in Louisiana suffered plumbing damages that required the entire home to be replaced. I was taken clearly by surprise when I went to check on it. Weeks would go by before I could address it. Visiting a mom & pop hardware store, one of the workers suggests I consider PEX. I only knew PVC and purple cement/glue. He convinced me that it was worth researching if replacement was needed. I invested in the tools and materials and did the job myself. First time doing this. My dad was too ill to assist at the time, but he beamed when I told him, “Dad, it’s finished, it’s done.” If you are reading this, “You can do this!” Two bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry room….done by yours truly! There’s a tool that takes the manual labor needed out of the squeezing required to get the ring to crimp close. Being in tight spots also makes getting a good grasp on the tool challenging, but it’s very doable.
Wow Excellent video. So often these videos on RUclips are poorly filmed or take forever, but you have created a really precise video that doesn't waste time and very clearly explains the basics of PEX. Thank-you for taking the time to provide such good content.
Glad it was helpful!
This video was so so so awesome. I feel like a plumber now. Appreciate your efforts!
This is one of the better produced videos I've seen that explains the different types of connectors, valves and other options available to using PEX. I love the way you explain and zoom in on the parts. Thank you.
Glad you liked the video - thanks for sharing
Thank you for an unbelievably useful tutorial. I have repair my PEX and I'd never heard of it before today.
I googled pex pipes as it was rarely used here in Saudi Arabia and it's new to me. I'm glad I found this video. Even though I did not need to see all of it but I did, your stream of thought and explanation is perfect. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
I just got a few quotes to update the galvanized waterlines in my home to PEX and was a bit shocked at the price. I will be trying to do it myslef instead. This was a great video to understand the basics and empower myself to do it. Thank you!
Boy, I would have been the star of the class had you been my teacher!! Awesome education you just provided. Thank you so much
Wow, thanks!
I just found this channel because all the pipes burst in a house I’m revamping. I am somewhat new to construction and this channel is such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for explaining everything clearly.
Thanks for watching and sharing. Good luck with those pipes.
Just had a -18F night here and my copper pipes burst in SEVEN places... one completely in half at a joint. Going to replacing it all with PEX-A
Awesome video. You explain things in an easy straight forward manner that is easy to understand. Keep up the outstanding work.
Thanks Tim - Glad you liked the video
One of the most complete tutorial videos I've seen out there. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed our lessons
That’s probably the best RUclips video presentation/lesson I have seen. Keep up the excellent work.
Wow - that is really nice to hear.
Awesome video, soooo clear and concise, the best pet video I've seen to date, thank you sooo much.
Wow, thank you! We work hard to make educational videos - Much more at TEACHconstruction.org. (Based on your account name) Unfortunately for your students we don't have many resources for HVAC - Although we are working on a Building Science course that could help folks with sizing
Excellent explanations on each fitting and what they do and are used for. Also love that you took your time with each one and didn't rush through a fitting that isn't used as often.
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Glad I found you!!!! You are the most knowledgeable and very informative!!!!!!!!
I am needing this info badly!!!!!
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This is so amazing. My friend is allowing me to work in his business for a bit. You are explaining very well the things he hasn't had the time to explain.
Glad it was helpful!
Just found your channel. Outstanding video. As a retired electrician I wanted to learn about using Pex. Great content and instruction. I'm off to view more of what you have to teach on the subject. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment Paul, I hope you enjoy our other videos. I bet you will have a few comments on our intro to electrical content.
Fantastic video.. Clearly describing all or most of the available options to the PEX plumber.
I just came across your video. This is what I've been trying to find for ages! This is basically a whole course. Knowing all the puzzle pieces makes us able to improvise the plan. The way that you patiently explained every details throughout was just fabulous. Very well done! I just saved this video as I'll have to watch it more and more late. I just subscribed to your wonderful channel. Thank you so much 👍👌👏👏👏🙏
Glad the video was helpful. Good luck on your projects
This is a VERY well put together video!! Mr. Carswell is very easy to understand, and is very explanatory about the different types of pex pipe and fittings. He takes his time to cover the different uses, advantages and how they work. There are also close ups of the different fittings. He talks in a very quiet and slow manner which is easy to follow. I have a tool box of fittings, push connectors and a roll of pex pipe for my own use. After watching this video, my knowledge has been upgraded. Very well done and a lot of information.
Brian, thanks for the kind words. Our main business is making instructional resources for school teachers to use with their students. About a year ago we also decided to share the video portion of our content with the larger RUclips audience.
Wonderful. Thanks so much. It’s really helpful for layman.
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Great video! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise. Blessings!
Incredibly helpful video. I've referred back to it often over various jobs at new house this past year. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge so clearly!
you are welcome, hope you watch some of our other lessons also.
Wow, what an awesome video!! I learned so much from you about pex. I like your calm nature and you explain in detail how everything works together really well!
Glad you enjoyed it! - we have many other videos in this community education channel - i hope you watch more of ours
Wonderful detailed explanation. Thank you
This is awesome and very helpful in understanding how all this works and fits together. Thank u !
Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video
As a new homeowner I greatly appreciate content like this! Thank you for sharing the knowledge and teaching us about the trade!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the video! I am always humored by some plumbing supply store that cater to plumbing professionals. If you walk in as a DYI'er they are not very receptive to help. They want you to think you need a plumber,.....which is silly. I appreciate the clear, concise and easy to follow video!!!
Really great explanation of PEX connections and more. When you showed the ball valve and explained the handle position, I was thinking how it would be cool if he showed the ball inside and how it works, and compared it to a gate valve. Then that was exactly what you did. You didn't waste any time, you spoke clearly, and best of all, no distracting music. This is a template of how an informational video should be done. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
So glad you made this!! Was looking at many videos to finally find the perfect one! Thank you. Subscribing!
Great video for beginners like me. Thanks so much!
You're so welcome! Check out more of our videos about construction
When using the push to connect fittings, especially on copper, make sure to deburr the end. The o-ring seal inside can be damaged causing a leak. I would also recommend extra care on any pipe material. Even a small piece of plastic getting under the o-ring can cause a leak. These are very reliable when carefully installed. They are very well made and even have an inner support tube to help hold alignment.
Great additional information - thanks for responding. This fitting is all about that inner O ring!
They're also susceptible to damage from cold temperatures. We use them when we need to but we don't put them in walls because sometimes they will develop a slow leak after a few months due to damage to the o ring or improper seating. You're also supposed to remove the pipe support on hard pipes like copper and cpvc.
The push to connect fittings are good but usually are used for a quick fix. I will replace them with the correct plumbing type when I have more time.
When using a push to connect PEX fiting inside walls does anybody know if this meets code
@@oliver-ec9mv I've looked for that answer as well and the general consensus is don't use them in a wall, only open areas. I've seen it used on air systems in an open environment as well and it works. Like Deliveryguy's above post don't trust it. Something else I saw as a concern is the plastic elbows on Hot water will heat cycle, get brittle and could break if they have any awkward side loads in say 5 years.
Great explanation. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with others. Good job.
Thanks for the comment
Fantastic video, truly. Thank you!
Thanks. Glad I found you. We are about to finally remodel the kitchen. Most of the house is done, but over the years I’ve done more and more work because contractors aren’t contacters. When you never hear back from several or multiple ones come out and give crazy high estimates, you gotta put your hand to it. I’ve done a little plumbing, but it still an unknown realm to me. Appreciate the info.
Be sure to do plenty of research before taking on a big project. I also recommend you look into PEX A -
100% informative you are excellent with teaching and clear thumbs up learned a lot
I appreciate that!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Glad you liked it. We are in Colorado also.
You know how to teach! Great instructor!
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been doing plumbing for long time, now try using pex thank you for showing this info...
You are welcome Paul
You presented a lot, and it was all illustrated well. Thanks!
thanks Miley - our products are typically used in the classroom and teachers get access to all the images and presentations we use.
Thank you!, this video has great info that really help me with a small project
Beautiful video, very informative. Learned a lot on pex and its application.
Thank you Philippe
Knowledge is power! Thank you, Sir!!!
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U are very clear with all instructions ,
Thanks
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Glad it was helpful! - I hope you watch more of our videos
Thanks for sharing your information. It was very interesting and an uncomplicated explanation. Following from Sydney Australia.
Awesome teaching great teacher very detailed and easy explanations
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Outstanding instructor
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Well done sir! Thanks for the video!
Your a very good instructor many know how to do but few can teach your great.
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best video on PEX so far in my opinion as is more comprehensive and instructive with visuals looks like one you would see in a class those videos that are rote but informative, while not drolling on.
All of our videos are initially created as part of our resources for teachers - that is why they look so educational first and entertainment second...or never.
Thank you for the education ! My Tenants were hoarders and left behind a deterioted 1988 mobile home on my property. Yikes ! I am redoing it down to the studs. You are an excellent teacher 👏 .
Thanks and sorry to hear about the mountain of work you have ahead of you
How’d it go?
THIS IS THE VERY BEST VIDEO ABOUT PLUMBING SYSTEMS 101. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON OTHER VIDEOS.
Very kind of you to say Anis. Thank you.
Been doing my own plumbing for years. Lots of tools, pipe, joints/connections, glues/solder for galvanized, copper, pvc, etc. Recently a pipe and valve started leaking in my recently deceased mother's house. Unbenounced to me the house had been replumbed with PEX a few years ago but I can't repair it as I don't have and can't afford to buy the special pipe, valve, fittings and tools needed to make the repair and nothing I have works with PEX. Trying now to contact a plumber that has the proper tools, parts and knowledge to make the repair without it costing me a large part of my SSI monthly income.
Plumbing and plumbing tools can be very expensive
@@ConstructionEd > Think it would have been less expensive if I had bought the tools and parts and attempted the repair myself. Wont go into the whole thing but felt kind of violated when presented with a bill for $500+ (almost half my monthly income) from a plumber I was told was good, reliable and "inexpensive". He was here for about an hour and replaced a section of pipe, a flow control valve and tested the system.
As always. You are very profesional Joe. 👌 thanks for your Videos very Helpful
Thanks for the comment Carlos
This was helpful, I am having to do redo a lot of incoming water plumbing for my RV I full time live in.
Glad it was helpful. Good luck on your plumbing repairs
I’m getting into plumbing and this video really helped, thank you !
Glad I could help! - Enjoy the trade
Thank you! Excellent video with a wealth of information. I was so confused yesterday when I saw all the different types of shut off valves. Now I know to get the straight push to connect valves for under my kitchen sink supply pipes. I'm thinking my pipes are half inch. Subscribed and I'll be checking more vids to help me get my pipes done and new faucet installed. Subscribed. 🙂
Thanks for the information. I had to learn quick to fix a sink.
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This is so helpful. Thanks so much
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Excellent video, thanks.
Exceptional video. Thank you very much!
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Pex is great for homeowners and DIYers. Pex has saved me a lot of money in plumbing fees.
It is a great product
excellent teaching. Thanks.
You are welcome! - Glad you liked it
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And have a blessed day
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Great basic information but very helpful! Excellent presentation! Just subscribed to your channel.
Awesome, thank you!
That was a great video. So we’ll explained that I could go right out and confidently do a job now!
Cool - but be careful
Awesome video. I plumbed my tiny little cabin in copper and then cpvc and every year regardless of how I winterize something always splits or comes loose. This looks promising. Thank you.
PEX is great for cabins that need winterizing - but you will still need to drain and blow out the pipes - but PEX can avoid some of those breaks each spring.
Blow out the system with a air compressor one faucet at a time
Excellent video. Thank you so much 👏👏
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Outstanding video. Thank you.
Thanks for the compliment
very well done, especially appreciated the close up video
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Thank you for all your information
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Great information and a great channel. I'm subscribed and will be looking forward to more videos. Thank you.
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This is more than a professional school here love this so much
Thanks Von - Glad you like the lessons
What a great channel. So excited to find it
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Thanks Darrel - we are just trying to share a bit of information with the public.
great instructions
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Great lesson I Learned alot! Thank's
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Great info for starting my bathroom remodel!
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Did I say THANK YOU? This lesson was so helpful to me for my mobile home Polybut. water leaks and trying to learn proper terminology on what works and what doesnt. I can safely say that I am now ready to talk plumbing as a beginner decause i am disabled and have to do all repairs myself! You are very clear in your speech and volume as well as pitch and pace of the subject! This is extremely important to people like myself with TBI among other things LOL. I going to watch every video of yours!!! Please keep making more!
Wow, thanks for the kind words on the video. We have about 100 videos on our channel...hope you enjoy them. More coming soon.
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They make transition fittings to go from polybutylene to pex. The polybutylene fittings have more barbs (2 I believe) than the pex side. Polybutylene and cpvc are in the running for worst water line pipe manuctured 😂. Best of luck in your home repair adventures.
Very good video, thanks
Excellent educational video, clear and concise...
Thank you Robert, That is always our goal
@@ConstructionEd Once again Kudos to your and the groups efforts. Student for Life...
Great to hear. Our non-RUclips videos allow interactivity like this plate layout activity. teachlink.online/Example-Interactive-Activity-PlateLayout
Thank you, great information.
Our pleasure!
Very good explanation. Thank you
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Excellent! Excellent! Thanks a lot! Is the best video about PEX’s. Wow!
Wow, thanks! - Hope you enjoy some of our other videos.
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Very nice, and excellent explanation, thanks!!!
You are welcome! - I am glad you enjoyed the lesson....hope you watch more of what we upload.
Thanks for a very enlightening video. I've got a project with three quotes from plumbers , three different sets of materials needed and three different labour amounts 🤦🏻♀️😥 . Needing to try , as a medical professional to understand what is actually going on here. Going to spend some time watching your other videos. This was a lot of information, but well presented and has made a few things clearer ..
Glad it helped. Based on how you spelled labour I am assuming you are not from the US - Make sure that your local code allows PEX - it is not permitted everywhere.
Very informative video, thank you sir.
You are welcome