Install your new water feeds, bringing the hot and cold water directly up from below, between the studs. Avoid running feeds horizontally or drilling through studs. Tie into the old system if you have copper feeds or run new PEX tubing if you have a compression port system, such as Manablo...
Install a manifold in the utility room or anywhere adjacent to the main water line and water heater, and run a separate PEX tube to each fixture with the home-run system. This technique requires more tubing but is quicker and requires only two connections. one at the fixture end, and ...
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...
After you’ve tapped into your existing plumbing, run your PEX piping through the wall behind your basement bathroom sink, toilet, and tub/shower. Again I chose to use the SharkBite push-fit fittings for both the sink and toilet. The shower valve I purchased came with PEX barb fittings, w...
I’m not changing out the whole plumbing system (not yet anyway), but I’m fixing three of the most used fixtures: the shower and lavatory in the primary bathroom and the kitchen faucet. I built and installed a manifold that lets me run three PEX tubing lines to those fixtures. And no...
commonly known as PEX. PEX is a flexible, plastic-based tubing that can be employed to replace sections of your plumbing system. It is more cost-effective initially and can be installed more swiftly compared to other pipe materials, as it is easier to thread through walls, thereby minimizing...
If the packaging is unavailable, you need to provide some shield to prevent damage from UV exposure. Cover the tubing with some opaque material. Black polyethylene bags can be used. Most manufacturers put UV stabilizers in PEX tubing to provide at least 30 to 60 days UV protection. This ...
• ONLY use the FreezedFree System on metal and plastic domestic water pipes (such as PVC, PEX or polybutylene). NEVER use product on flexible vinyl tubing (garden hose), on buried pipes, on pipes carrying any fluid other than water, or ANY non-pipe heating applications such as ro...
When the electrical hook up is complete, check that the water heater’s drain valve is closed and if not, close it. Next, fill the appliance with water by opening the valve that supplies the appliance.Do not restore power to the water heater until the appliance is completely filled with ...
- I have 30m of black polytube that I attach to the bottom outlet and hot water inlet. Use a one way valve on the cold water outlet pipe at the bottom of the tank to stop the tub from reverse thermo-siphoning at night. String the tubing out on the lawn in full sun. I don't ...