I used PEX to install a pH adjustment tank for our house water. It was really easy. Sharkbite fittings are really easy to attach even for copper to pex junctions and have so far worked flawlessly. I haven’t soldered pipe since I discovered them. Dave
David Knecht Rear Commodore Thames Yacht Club New London, CT > On Jan 17, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > My daughter just dodged a bullet due to PEX plumbing. The garage at her > house was converted by a previous owner to a studio Accessory Dwelling Unit > (ADU) that she rents out long term. Whoever did the conversion plumbed the > unit with PEX. > > This past weekend we had an Arctic air mass sag down into Denver. The > temperature dropped 45℉ in 18 hours overnight Friday, bottoming out at -13℉ > Saturday morning at 6am. The subzero lows and single-digit highs lasted > three more days. > > The cold water supply line to the washing machine and hot water heater in the > ADU froze somewhere. On Monday I put some space heaters in strategic > locations. Yesterday afternoon the freeze thawed and hot water started > flowing again. And, here’s the best part: no sign of leakage. Since PEX can > expand a bit, it’s less prone to cracking when frozen than copper. Otherwise > it would have been a bigger mess and a bigger job. > > I’ve never used PEX because I don’t know how, and I don’t have the tools. > Whereas I’ve sweat-soldered plenty of copper. But I’m starting to become a > believer. My travel trailer has all PEX plumbing. > > Not that the above anecdote is all that relevant to plumbing in a boat - if > things freeze in a boat, you’ve got potentially bigger problems, like cracked > castings. But I thought I’d share anyway. > > Cheers, > Randy > SV Grenadine > C&C 30 K I #79 > Ken Caryl, CO > >> On Jan 16, 2024, at 9:39 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> >> I have been going nuts with fresh water leaks lately. It seems like the ½” >> hose has lost its flexibility over the decades, it is now rock hard. I can’t >> get it off any barb, I have to cut it off and the hose is so stiff I can’t >> get a leak-free connection anymore. I got out a spare role to replace it and >> that stuff too is about as flexible as iron pipe, I guess I saving it for 30 >> years was not cost-effective ☹ >> I never though of ½’ water hose as an expense before, but the stuff is >> expensive now too! I think it is over $3/ft at West Marine and $1/foot off >> Amazon for Chinese chemical-smelling hose. Certainly no one plumbing a house >> is putting up with this, so I asked and the hardware store clerk turned me >> on to PEX tubing. It is cheap, like $0.50 a foot, and is strong enough to >> freeze and not burst. I got the special crimp tool and stainless crimp bands >> off Amazon for $25 or so and a 12-pack of PEX to NPT fittings. I think it is >> time for all the old hose to go. >> Joe >> Coquina >> >> Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and >> help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> >> Thanks for your help. >> Stu > > Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help > me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > Thanks for your help. > Stu
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