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[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

"Someone" learned a lot from busted water pipes.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Haha, it's certainly a more relevant topic in my mind, that's for sure.

I actually did learn how to install PEX tubing to both copper and CPVC though as a result, so that's good knowledge to have. I could plumb a house now, no problem.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

That's great news, it's neat that you figured it out. Did the videos help out at all?

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yes I learned how to do it entirely though youtube. I did Pex B, the crimping style. Pex A style tubing, the expansion type, uses a special tool that costs $150. The crimping type uses a $15 tool. The pex to pex connections are extremely simple. Then the copper to pex connector was threaded, so you just screw it in with teflon tape on the threads. Then the CPVC to pex connection was also a threaded screw joint. So once I figured all this out and knew what I was doing, it wasn't too difficult. But it definitely took 10-20 hours of self training via various youtube to figure out how to do it properly. But I basically know how to do plumbing now. And I replaced my kitchen sink faucet, and also installed a reverse osmosis system myself. So I know how to do both the mains and the fixtures. It's a nice feeling, tbh

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sweet. Next is drywall and wood trim and then on to electrical. I hope you learned faster than me that the Teflon tape is to reduce friction on the threads so you can tighten the threaded connectors more deeply, and doesn't act as a sealer by itself.

I put a small, under-sink RO system in a few months ago and I wish I had done it sooner.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But copper man...