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plumbng issues
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:32:02 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: Bill Wrote in message:r Getting a new heater and AC system. When the guy was under house doing theducts, he found two leaks in the water lines. Plumber could not get therefor a week, so decided I had to crawl under and do the job. Leaking pipeto a Union and a leaking sweated joint. Water still dripping from lines,so near impossible to solder. Used Sharkbite connectors. Fabulousinvention. Sharkbite, PEX, and other relatively new plumbing materials are good things to know about. I was thinking of using PVC to run air compressor air lines around the perimeter of my garage until I read some horror stories about that material and decided to use PEX instead. I used a number of Sharkbite fittings but I had trouble sealing one particular PEX to 1/2 NPT Sharkbite fitting. in this case I used a Flair-it brand plastic fitting instead. It screws together; no tools required. I am doing copper lines. PVC, CPVC and PEX are king here these days. Florida water seems to be tough on copper. I really think it is electrical tho. Mine is not connected to the street and single point connected to the grid. I haven't had a problem. Places with city water get slammed worse than well customers. Older homes with metal from the street seem OK too. I think it is electrolysis. Law suits were flying in Cape Coral a decade or two ago and nobody really ever had an answer they were willing to admit. Most re plumbs were done in plastic. We have Poly from the meter to the house. House used to be all crappy galvanized. I understand when these homes were built early 1970’s they had to get Korean galvanized as US was not making enough. When we had a dry wood termite problem upstairs bathrooms, I changed most of the galvanized out to copper. Couple places were impossible to change so used dielectric unions and brass pipes to connect. One of the leaks was a badly corroded galvanized pipe connected to the dielectric Union. Changed to brass fittings. |
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