jeanette
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Are those little white plastic shut off valves that you just push in to start water or pull out to stop water very good? They seem flimsy to me. They are by Aqua Pex.
I just had house galvanized pipe replaced with Aqua Pex and these are the shut off valves used. They seem flimsy to me, but I am just a 70 year old female customer. Do you think these will give me trouble later? Should I wait for a failure and then have them replaced?I REMOVE Accor valves, I never install them.
Could your post a photo? AquaPex is a brand of pex pipe. The Accor FlowTite valves you push to close the valve, and you pull to pass the water.
Oh, dear Lord, those things really suck. Everybody hates them.Here is picture of shut off with new PEX
Thanks for your reply. Are these easy to replace after walls that were cut have been fixed?I REMOVE Accor valves, I never install them.
I'm trying to remove one in my bathroom and it's attached to PEX. I've been looking at videos and this seems to be the best one I can find.They push on, have a spiked, stainless steel ring that resists pulling it off (but it will with enough force). Some just take really large pliers and break them off. Then, you can install a new valve to the stub that will be sticking out of the wall. If the end of the pipe is really scratched up from the spikes, you may need a valve soldered on verses using a compression one. Cracking the plastic with the pliers then cutting off the spiked ring may minimize the scratching. See what one of the pros has to say about their results from removing them, and what tends to work best.
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