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Next time you get a leak in your copper pipe and feel like calling a plumber, don't. Use this product along with some PEX or CPVC pipe to replace the section of copper with the leak. All you do is cut the pipe, clean the burs, and push the fittings on. You'll save some money. [
] You can get them at Home Depot also.
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They are nice and have used them once or twice.. Very expensive. I find it just as easy to cut and solder, or cut and glue just as easy and cheaper too.. Yes, I agree they can be convenient.
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It's still cheaper than a plumber. The last plumber I called charged $100 an hour. You could plumb an entire house with these without any soldering. They also make Tees, elbows, valves, and other fittings.
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You could plumb an entire house with these without any soldering.
Illegally, but yes.
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Yep, they are not code compliant for in-wall use.
For the price of a couple those fittings, you could get yourself a torch, flux and solder.
For a temporary/emergency fix, yes go ahead and use one.
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I did a job for someone and used the sharkbite fittings just for the bathroom sink shutoffs, which were very convenient and I guess code since they weren't in the wall. Here I doubt it really matters in a practical sense since the acid water will probably make your pipes fail before the fittings do.
Anyone who does plumbing for people knows the pressure you (and the water) are under the moment you start cutting into copper pipes. One great thing about getting some 1/2 and 3/4 sharkbite shutoff values is that you can slap those suckers on the end of work in progress and call it a day at any point.
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By the way, I've never actually done sharkbite + pex repairs but I can see where that would be very tempting. No way soldering could be as fast as sharkbite plus crimping on some pex. For an intricate job close to and thru studs, it has the potential to turn a half day long job into fifteen minutes.
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The "shark bite" fittings do not have an IAPMO, or listed and labeled UPC approval, so Code really doesn't recognize them as Code compliant. Inside e wall, or out. So it is in my belief that you are taking chances with the Inspector, unless the Department has granted approval for a licensed plumber to use them, or a plumber will sign off for you.
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Originally posted by Hunt Stoddard
Here I doubt it really matters in a practical sense since the acid water will probably make your pipes fail before the fittings do.
That is what's happening to my pipes. I'm starting to get pinhole leaks everywhere. I was thinking about repiping with PEX since it won't corrode. I saw on that PBS show, This Old House, that it's pretty much standard on the mainland.
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Rats can easily chew through PEX.
