I’m redoing my bathroom at the moment, and I’m re-running the supply lines from one side of my tub to the other. I realized that this would be a perfect place to use PEX instead of sweating a ton of copper.
The house is a ranch, slab on grade built in 1960. Copper pipe. Right now I just need to run a pair of lines about 8 ft or so to the mixing valve, but I’m thinking about future investment here.
“While I’ve Got The Wall Open…” I know that some point down the road I will have to replace the copper currently encased in the slab. I’ve got access to everything throught the attic, so that’s not an issue. I addition to the simple lines I am running, I want to lay some dry tubes (capped at both ends) for future expansion/replumbing.
My question:
Right now I’m looking at what I need for tubing. Anything special I should know? For fittings I’m using the SharkBite fittings – no tools and works for everything – even PEX. I also plan to ground each metal fixture.
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
Oh, good Lord, no. But I can give him two dollars and an assault rifle.
Replies
curious to see others opions on shark bite fittings
I've used them several times where sweating would have been somewhat danerous. I've never burried them in a wall, but I've never once seen so much as a drip from any of them. I've always used them to convert from copper to PEX, so I can't comment on copper to copper or PEX to PEX or any other configuration.