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   andy_engel | Nov 20, 2006 12:08am | #1

   IPT to compression fitting.

   Andy

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   GotAll10 | Nov 20, 2006 01:43am | #2

   Thanks Andy.  OK, what's IPT?

   Paul

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   BillHartmann | Nov 20, 2006 01:50am | #3

   IPT - iron pipe thread.MPT - male (iron) pipe thread.FPT - female (iron) pipe thread.I belive that there is another one NPS - national pipe standard or something like that.That all refer to the common pipe thread that is tapered cut. Used for all threaded fittings (whether iron pipe, brass, plastic).But compression fit and flared fittings use a different type of thread.

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   andy_engel | Nov 20, 2006 03:08am | #4

   Sorry for the jargon. Bill's right. Most PEX manufacturers make fittings for this purpose, and generic PEX fittings will also work. PEX is made to the same ASTM outside diameter as copper pipe, and although there may be warranty concerns, I've found that a compression fitting that works with copper also works with PEX.Andy

   "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein (or maybe Mark Twain)

   "Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom

   "Everything not forbidden is compulsory." T.H. White, The Book of Merlin

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   plumbbill | Nov 20, 2006 05:05am | #5

   If you use a compression fitting be sure to use the tube stiffner insert to keep the pex from collapsing.

   “It so happens that everything that is stupid is not unconstitutional.” —Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

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   andy_engel | Nov 21, 2006 04:56am | #6

   Isn't it only middle aged PEX that needs the t.... Ah, never mind.Andy

   "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein (or maybe Mark Twain)

   "Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom

   "Everything not forbidden is compulsory." T.H. White, The Book of Merlin

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   BryanKlakamp | Nov 21, 2006 06:33am | #7

   Andy,

   Sounds like you have experience in that area.

   BTW, how old are you?

   Bryan"Objects in mirror appear closer than they are."

   Klakamp Construction, Findlay, Ohio

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   allaround | Nov 21, 2006 07:15am | #8

   Compression fittings work OK if you use the insert, but SharkBite fittings are the cat's azz.http://www.cashacme.com/sharkbite.phpPaul

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   McPlumb | Nov 21, 2006 07:50am | #9

   Ditto on the Sharkbite! A little high priced, but very,very sweet.

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   andy_engel | Nov 21, 2006 03:20pm | #10

   45Andy

   "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert A. Heinlein (or maybe Mark Twain)

   "Get off your dead #### and on your dying feet." Mom

   "Everything not forbidden is compulsory." T.H. White, The Book of Merlin