On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:19:53 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 1/24/21 8:25 PM, 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.


The licensed plumber who installed our new water heater a couple of
years ago used "sharkbites," and said he had been using them without
issue for "some time." The heater is in a protected spot in a indoor
basement storage room, so the pipes aren't exposed to huge temperature
variations or subject to being banged by falling objects, kids on hot
wheels bikes, et cetera.

Yeah "O" rings always last forever ;-)

That Poly Butyl pipe was the cat's meow too ... until it wasn't.