We've got a line that runs in the wall of our garage to a hose bib at the front of the garage. It's a copper line and has a ball valve close to the start of the run. This winter the pipe burst during very cold weather, and I want to replace the run (just downstream of the valve) with PEX, which I'm hoping will have more cold resistance. Thinking PEX A. A relative has some PEX tools I can use.
Question is whether a push fitting is good enough to join the copper to the PEX. I have never soldered pipe, and am leery of trying it here. The pipe is running through holes in studs, and I am worried about burning my garage down (in addition to just doing it wrong and ending up with a leak).
I've heard some advice saying don't use push fittings if you plan to put sheetrock over it. What say you all?
And is there a particular brand of push fitting you would recommend?
I could look into not walling it up. I need to keep the ball valve exposed in one stud bay anyway, I could put the fitting in the next bay over and keep them both open.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Question is whether a push fitting is good enough to join the copper to the PEX. I have never soldered pipe, and am leery of trying it here. The pipe is running through holes in studs, and I am worried about burning my garage down (in addition to just doing it wrong and ending up with a leak).
I've heard some advice saying don't use push fittings if you plan to put sheetrock over it. What say you all?
And is there a particular brand of push fitting you would recommend?
I could look into not walling it up. I need to keep the ball valve exposed in one stud bay anyway, I could put the fitting in the next bay over and keep them both open.
Thanks in advance for any advice!