mnRemodeler
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I installed a shower on the second floor of my home. There was no previous plumbing in the room. I had plumbers do some of the rough in. I roughed in the shower control valve. I soldered copper to each side of the valve and ran the copper through a stud. At that point, I soldered Uponer nipples to the ends of the hot and cold copper lines and then hooked up the Uponer pex to those nipples.
I ran straight copper from the top of the shower valve up to the shower nozzle drop-ear.
At the other end of the Uponer lines, down in the basement, they tie into valves coming off the cold and hot water to my water heaters.
I need to air or water pressure test the shower valve before closing everything in. How would I connect to the lines to, for example, put air on them? Do I need to cut the Uponer lines free of the valves at the hot water heater and then install an air hose nipple? Where would I put a pressure gauge?
If I cap things off and just turn the water on, I suspect no water would get to the second floor because it would be air locked unless I didn't cap the shower nozzle and left it open to bleed the lines.
I would appreciate some direction here. I've not been able to find a youtube video or anything else showing how this is done.
Thanks!
I ran straight copper from the top of the shower valve up to the shower nozzle drop-ear.
At the other end of the Uponer lines, down in the basement, they tie into valves coming off the cold and hot water to my water heaters.
I need to air or water pressure test the shower valve before closing everything in. How would I connect to the lines to, for example, put air on them? Do I need to cut the Uponer lines free of the valves at the hot water heater and then install an air hose nipple? Where would I put a pressure gauge?
If I cap things off and just turn the water on, I suspect no water would get to the second floor because it would be air locked unless I didn't cap the shower nozzle and left it open to bleed the lines.
I would appreciate some direction here. I've not been able to find a youtube video or anything else showing how this is done.
Thanks!