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Yeah I guess that would be the best of both worlds! I agree that PEX coming straight out of the wall doesn't look the best, and it's rigidity leaves something to be desired. I actually miss working with copper (my last 2 homes were copper). Seems like much more of craft than working with PEX.

I mentioned the pipe cutter trick but, like I said, my mini cutter wouldn't fit that large of a diameter and my full sized Ridgid cutter is too large to rotate in the space needed. If you have a pipe cutter that fits within the constraints, that would definitely be a good choice. I'm not too...

Just wanted to share my experience doing this in case it helps someone in the future. These valves are obviously junk used to save time/money, and I'm a bit confused as to why the builder of my home would allow these. This isn't a cheap home and has many other high end design elements, so...

Thanks, Terry! I'll default to pointing up unless there's some other reason it won't work.

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. I suppose any orientation is fine as long as it allows for a nice bend in the line with no kinks. I bought some stainless braided lines for all these, so I'll just sort of lay out the line before placing the valve to make sure it allows for a smooth...

This is probably one of the most ridiculous questions ever posted here, but just want to make sure I'm doing things right. I'm about to replace all the angle supply stops in my house, and I've noticed the current ones are oriented in various directions, although I can't really determine why...

Thanks for all the help! I figured buying the tool was worth it anyway if I'm going to be changing out a bunch of supply stops.

Ugh, that's no good. Hopefully that doesn't rear it's ugly head here. The house was built in 2015, so I'm wondering if it was a specific timeframe. I'll do some research.

Thanks for the help everyone! I installed the Tee on the outlet side of my water softener to supply water to my garage fridge and it seems to be working like a champ, and no leaks. Now to see if my icemaker functions after being off for 6-months...

Thanks for all the good info! The only reason I think it might be type A PEX is that I can see the connections at the water heaters. Do you think this is type A from the photo? Also, I've just received a bunch of BrassCraft supply stops. I'll be busy over the next few days/weeks swapping...

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks! OK, I'll inspect the end well and square it off if needed.

Thanks for the input! Will the clamp method still work OK for this? If not, I'll need to return the tool. Looks like the expansion tools are quite a bit more expensive! I know the PEX A expansion method is better with regards to flow rates, but was hoping it would be negligible since it's one...

Oh, just thought of one more question. As you can see, those stainless corrugated lines running to the water softener use a push fit connection (basically shark bite) on the 1" PEX line. Do I need to trim back that 1" PEX where there push fit connector was so I can use my clamp connection...

Phister Marielle model maybe? Google lens works great for things like this: https://www.pfisterfaucets.com/kitchen/product/marielle-lg26-4n-1-handle-kitchen-faucet?bvstate=pg:11%2Fct:r Looks like sprayer might be p/n is 951-026S...

I was planning on using clamps on all of my new connections, which would be (2) 1" clamps on the tee, (1) 1/2" clamp on the tee, and (1) 1/2" clamp on the icemaker valve. The 1" PEX outlet from that water softener actually does not have a ball valve (it's kind of hidden in the photo). The one...

This is the best plumbing forum I know of, so I wanted to run it by y'all. I think it'll work but just wanted someone to sanity check it for me. I've got a water softener in my garage with what appears to be 1" inlet/outlet pex lines. Near that water softener I've got my garage refrigerator...

Thanks for the replies everyone! Makes me feel better that some of you pros use a tad bit of additional leverage than just your hand on the bare end of the shower arm. The threads are kind of sharp too, and the palm of my hand has a few abrasions from that. Good tip on the screwdriver too - I...

I'll try that next time. Only reason I used the pipe dope is because I recall using before on a shower arm. The PTFE tape I used was actually some gray tape that's thicker than the white tape. I'll look out for some blue monster - as inexpensive as this stuff is vs. the amount of time...

So the wife bought a new shower head at Costco and I was going through the process of installing, but realized the short 6" shower arm wasn't allowing much clearance for this large shower head. Made a trip to HD and purchased an 8" as a replacement. Now this wasn't my first rodeo with a shower...