If you want to make a connection between some copper pipes and PVC pipes, then you need to have a special type of fitting which keeps the two pipes separate. It used to be necessary in the past to divide two pipes made of different metal from each other, as they could form an electri...
You can connect PEX tubing to a threaded copper connection by using a threaded adapter. You can buy these with both male and female threads. Screw the adapter onto the copper fitting, using plumbing tape and a wrench to make a tight, leak-proof connections. Push the PEX pipe onto the bar...
So the first thing that needs to be done is to clean our pipe and fitting. For the pipe, I either use sandpaper like this or just an abrasive pad. This step is very important, as “proper wetting” is somewhat influenced by the pipe and fitting’s cleanliness. Wetting is the ability ...
How to Connect a Water Line to Your Refrigerator: What’s up guys, and welcome back. In this article/video, I would like to go thru all the steps on properly connecting a water line to your refrigerator to feed an ice-maker or simply a drinking water sup
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Copper pipe (courtesy madeinchina.com) - PVC pipe (courtesy prettyhandygirl.com) - CPVC pipe (courtesy Flow Guard) - PEX pipe (courtesy pex-plumbing.org) - PPR pipe (courtesy extruder.com.cn) A. I am interested in why you want to change from galvanised pipes to copper or CPVC "due...
How to Install a Push-Fit Plumbing Fitting macida/iStock/GettyImages 1. Cut the Pipe Cut the pipe, as needed, using the appropriate type of tubing cutter for the pipe material: use a copper tubing cutter for copper; a plastic tubing cutter for CPVC; a PEX cutter for PEX. When measurin...
PAP multilayer pipes are lightweight and flexible enough to be bent and can stay in place after bending and forming. Hence, fewer fittings are needed in installation, lowering the pressure loss and risk of leakage. What Pipes are Better for Plumbing? PAPMultilayer VS Copper VS PEX The cost...
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Many plumbing water stub-outs are made with copper pipe, even when the water system is constructed with PEX tubing, and they don't have threads. Plumbers either solder a cap or valve to each one or install a valve with a compression fitting. Valves require a stub-out that is at least ...