Covering PEX stubouts

[Garydaplummer]

What have you plumbers used to cover PEX tubing where the stubouts are exposed? I have a couple places on a job where I had to come up through the floor for toilet supplies and would like to cover the PEX with something for appearance purposes.

 

[Master Plumber Mark]

cheap silver paint

we used to try to figure out a way to make dull copper nipples commming out of a wall look good for pedistles
and other things...


what always worked good for me was a couple of bottles of
car touch up paint in silver.....

you can get them at wal mart for 2 bucks a bottle and it
basically makes the pipe look chrome


always worked great for me

 

[Sponsor]

 

[Rmelo99]

Can you spray paint PEX? I was looking for a solution since I have the same problem with a toilet supply.

I thought I ran across a chrome sleeve that slides over the PEX to dress it up.

This is what I was referring to.
http://www.pexsupply.com/categories.asp?cID=481&brandid=

 

[Master Plumber Mark]

you can paint pex

usually its best to paint PEX with latex...

its just a very cheap way to find something
that works and looks OK

 

[NHmaster]

You can get chrome PEX sleeves from Wirsbo\Uponor.

 

[Rmelo99]

http://www.dahlvalve.com/brochure/Finishing Valve_English_091508.pdf

This looks like a cool setup. It's a sleeve and valve in one.

 

[Iminaquagmire]

I had a similar issue with an overheated copper stub out in my master bath. I used a Brasscraft PushConnect stop. It has a longer connection area and covers more pipe. Probably not enough for a floor supply though.

 

[hj]

supply

We just cut the supply pipe short enough so the valve sat on the floor.

 

[Dahlman]

This looks like a cool setup. It's a sleeve and valve in one.

Hi everybody,

This is my first post. I don't know how much I'll be able to get out here, but I hope that I can help with any questions about Dahl products since that is where I work.

So...thanks for the PR, rmelo99!!

Our Finishing Valve is designed so that you can cut the stub-out short and then cover the crimp joint with the escutcheon. We also chrome plate the escutcheon to rust-proof it, since that seems to be a common problem with escutcheons.

Cheers,
Thomas