On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 3:07:53 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:15:16 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

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On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:07:30 -0800 (PST), wrote:On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 2:32:05 PM UTC-5, Bill wrote: wrote: On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 11:32:42 AM UTC-5, John H wrote: On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 01:25:47 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Getting a new heater and AC system. When the guy was under house doing the ducts, he found two leaks in the water lines. Plumber could not get there for a week, so decided I had to crawl under and do the job. Leaking pipe to a Union and a leaking sweated joint. Water still dripping from lines, so near impossible to solder. Used Sharkbite connectors.. Fabulous invention. Thanks for info. Never used 'em. Sharkbite connectors are great. Just be prepared for some sticker shock when you buy them. Pricey! Ended up a lot cheaper than the $180 an hour plumber.True.
Our kitchen remodel included some plumbing work. Since I had hired a contractor for the job (a total rip-out down to sheetrock), a plumber was involved. He used sharkbite connectors to join PEX to the existing PVC.Why not just extend the existing (C)PVC to the place you need it. Justbe sure to use the brass drop ear flanges and brass shut off valves. Surely a plumber could handle pasting together that pipe.

If you Google PEX vs CPVC you might find the answer.
What ever answer you want.
The guy from Flow Guard Gold says PEX sucks and the PEX guy has his
story about price. (fast easy install).
The reality is a production plumber who has the tools and the
certified installers to maintain the warranty on PEX is going to win
the bid on a big contract and everyone else is probably better off
doing CPVC.
YMMV depending on where you live and what plumbers do most there.
Repipe? I am going PEX. You can fish that stuff if you can support it.
You just need the tools to terminate it.
Open wall? Probably CPVC for the average guy.

I can see PEX winning for new construction. Like you said, it's fast and easy. No need to be accurate with cuts or to carry an assortment of 45's, 90''s, etc. We added a prep sink to the island, so the only thing that slowed him down was the drain line.

I do like the idea of having a manifold for water distribution. Something like this:
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Viega-50250-VIEGA-1-2-18-Port-PolyAlloy-Crimp-MANABLOC-8-hot-10-cold?gclid=CjwKCAiAgc-ABhA7EiwAjev-j04b03p0kWgZftk48Z64s5An43mtjFleT-6pdl26f2VPavCD7ayPKhoCyXQQAvD_BwE

A few years back I bought one of those PVC pipe cutters. It made me wonder why I fought it with a hacksaw for so long.