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I am not a professional plumber. Just a DIYer looking for some advice. I am in the process of finishing my basement. I will be adding a full bathroom with 3 fixtures (stand-up shower, toilet & sink). I will also be adding a laundry room with two fixtures (wash machine & large tub/sink)...

We had our kitchen remodeled in our 1920s house a few years ago. As part of the remodel there was a copper pipe in a drop ceiling which was cut and fit through the ceiling joists. PEX pipe was used in the process to raise the pipe. I was not familiar with PEX until the plumber was done with the...

I am finishing the attic in my 110-year-old house and want to add radiators by tying into the existing system. It's a hot-water system with old cast-iron radiators fed by 1-inch galvanized pipe. The boiler is in the basement and has a circulator. It's set to 180 degrees with a return temperature...

Hi guys. I'm building a tiny house on wheels and my plumber used 3/4" PEX to my hot water heater. This 3/4" PEX goes outside my wall where I will hook up a garden hose to. the water inlet flanges I am looking at are 3/4" hose thread but the back side is 1/2" male thread. I would need to use a...

Is there a reason why the IDs for PEX tubing are somewhat smaller than for copper? In other words, why is the ID of (for example) a 1/2-inch PEX tube smaller than for 1/2-inch copper? Do they make PEX smaller on purpose? Is there an advantage to it being smaller? I have always thought of it as...

Hi, Let me start by saying "thank you" for this great resource. This is my first time posting a ? so I apologize in advance if I've gotten something wrong. We just finished having a new garage w/apt above built. With lots of problems I had to choose my battles and now I'm picking up the...

I'm in the design stage of a new home in the Phoenix, AZ area (slab, 2 stories, Eljen septic). It will be plumbed with PEX but I'm not sure on what method to use (home run, submanifold, trunk/branch, etc.) or diameters. The water heater (style TBD) would be located (as of now) in the garage area...

We just purchased a home with PB piping and was planning to re-pipe the entire house. I was planning to attempt to re-pipe the house myself but decided against it since we've got several other projects going at the same time. We got three quotes for replacing with CPVC; two included patching...

I'm a DIYer and have a sod delivery arriving Monday for my small suburban yard (2500 S.F.). Last minute it occurred to me that a simple irrigation system with 3-4 heads would be a god send, so ideally need to get something in the ground this weekend. I'm looking at the Orbit system, which takes...

Hello All, Thank you in advance for any help. I am a home owner doing a full gut job on my house and am about to purchase all the parts for my hydronic system, which I have designed. I was hoping that I could get a pair of eye to look at my design, just as a double check. I have a 2 bed, 2.5...

I'm planning to replace all of the cold and hot water supply lines in my basement. Currently, the supply coming into the house is 3/4 inch copper. Right after the main shutoff, it goes down to 1/2 inch, and all the other pipes in the house are 1/2 inch. My main reason for replacing the pipes...

My question for now is how long do I leave the connections under pressure before I can apply my Durock cement boards over this area and feel comfortable that if it hasn't leaked thus far and I'm safe in closing it in and starting the install of the Schluter shower base, drain, threshold and the...

Hello All, I'm remodeling a bathroom in my Mom's mobile home in Lake Wales, Florida. I've replaced all of the gray polybutylene pipe with ProPEX (PEX-A). Unfortunately I'm short about 4 fittings and I want to begin sheetrocking this weekend. Ordering online will not get what I need here till...

I live in San Diego, CA, and I'd like to replace the water supply line between our water meter and house. The current setup is pretty simple: there's a 1" copper pipe covering the 20' span through the middle of the front yard in a straight line, and it doesn't pass under any hardscape. It's...

Okay. Sometimes it happens. I got a call from a homeowner in a highrise condo that had a repair done by another company and it was still leaking. No. I wasn't this company, but it could have been someone like this. I love this. A plumbing company that is just Okay. Normally you can cut...

New construction. Plumber put kitchen sink and icemaker on unsoftened. We'd like the softened just as a matter of preference. He wants $60 to change them to the softened lines on the PEX block. Is this something I can do myself by just shutting off the water to those lines, using a wrench to...

I've searched all over the forum and learned A LOT, but still have one issue. I have a all block house, interior and exterior walls, all exposed block no drywall to help hide the pipes, built on a slab with copper supply lines under the slab. We have a pretty decent leak and knew this was...

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1 Is this PEX pipe bend too much? I recently cut out a shower flow valve and put in a new one with pex instead of copper. Its been fine so far and I've checked it daily for leaks when using it. However I want to be sure nothing will fail (especially when I'm not home)...

Can I run this PEX from my basement, outside, under my deck, to a hose bib? Does it need to be run in conduit, to protect from sunlight, even though it is under my deck? Are there any issues with contact to pool water? Is a backflow preventer and/or a vaccuum breaker needed? I understand that I...

Hi guys I am getting ready to run all new plumbing in a rental home I am building. My well guy has 1-1/4" poly coming into my utility room. The home is a single story just under 2,500 square feet. The plumbing is simple 2 full baths, 1 half bath, 1 kitchen, and a laundry room and the longest run...