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TomC · January 07, 2015, 07:30:33 AM

Sharkbite fittings are so good, most big rig trucks use them for the air systems that run up to 130psi-which is way higher then water systems. Good Luck, TomC

luvrbus · January 07, 2015, 07:40:40 AM

LOL there you go Sharkbite fitting on air systems and they leak I buy those air fitting by the box

Scott & Heather · January 07, 2015, 06:55:55 PM

Lol. Cliff, I always bow to your expertise and experience but my feelings are hurt that you aren't on my side on this... Lol! Let it be known!! I LOVE PEX!! and it's never leaked on me. Some of it has to do with making sure you cut your ends straight but I have a tool for that.

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luvrbus · January 07, 2015, 07:04:38 PM

I am sorry Scott but I never had good luck with the Sharkbite fittings and hate their Pex pipe that stuff is the pits to work with

eagle19952 · January 08, 2015, 06:28:14 AM

Why would you drink it.....

Quote from: Homegrowndiesel on January 06, 2015, 06:07:01 PM
Every situation is different. Here in Delaware, our water has a ph of 4.5 to 5. Any brass fittings will be eaten away within years.
Our water will eat through most metals.
As most of you wont have to deal with our local ph

Scott & Heather · January 08, 2015, 08:33:37 AM

One thing I learned early on in using the pex:

1. Make sure your end is cut as square as possible
2. Make sure you always (ALWAYS) use the liner that came with the fitting
3. Make sure you insert the pex pipe 1" into the fitting. Any less and you are asking for issues.

ACE, you opened this can of worms, where are ya?!

MightyThor · January 08, 2015, 10:15:05 AM

We use pex on our rental properties because when the tenant tears up the plumbing it is easy and cheap to fix. Also freeze resistant, but I will agree, the brass fittings are just as prone to freeze damage as any other type of rigid plumbing. Only downside I have experienced so far was a kink that a tenant put in the pipe would not come back out. Once kinked, that section is a ticking time bomb.

Scott & Heather · January 08, 2015, 11:11:11 AM

I've frozen a pex brass elbow and it's never leaked. I'm still using it today. I suppose pex plumbing would be smart to use in a rental cause they won't be tempted to steal the copper...crazy people.

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Ace · January 08, 2015, 12:23:21 PM

I was told the sites are not real so I don't believe anything anybody says anymore so I'm staying out of it!

B_K · January 08, 2015, 12:27:56 PM

Dawgs · January 08, 2015, 01:07:51 PM

Aw come on, you know that everything on the internet is true??

MightyThor · January 08, 2015, 01:24:03 PM

Quote from: Ace on January 08, 2015, 12:23:21 PM
I was told the sites are not real so I don't believe anything anybody says anymore so I'm staying out of it!

Wait, I thought we all decided that you were make believe and that we were too old to believe in you anymore. Sort of like Santa and Tinker Bell.

Ace · January 08, 2015, 02:05:36 PM

Wait I might have this all wrong!
It was some clown on the other board that tried to convince me that anything said on the board was not real and I shouldn't believe everything I read or was it everything he said? Hell I can't remember! That's how much attention I pay to them fools that know everything about nothing! I'm getting to old for that crap anyway but it's fun reading their fairy tales! 😉

eagle19952 · January 08, 2015, 05:47:42 PM

gumpy · January 08, 2015, 06:03:23 PM

Quote from: eagle19952 on January 08, 2015, 05:47:42 PM

Beat it! Beat it! Get yourself a club and beat it!