wow........
all socio-economic and political factors aside....as somewhat of a novice and merely an apprentice, i was astounded by the ascerbic comments directed at what i percieve to be a phenomenal, industry-changing dynamic...PEX is to plumbing what nylon was to the garment industry....I am constantly amazed at what can be done with a couple of fittings, a few crimp rings, and a couple of feet of Pex plastic pipe!....My boss, the owner of the company, and I use Pex whenever possible, not only for the economics(cost and time), but also for the reliability...How much easier to snip a line, crimp a ball valve in, and you are done, as opposed to cutting copper with a hack saw, or sweating out a fitting, letting it cool, cleaning, fluxing, and sweating back in a gate or ball valve, and then testing under pressure.....while i understand the apprehension, especially of those that got burned by the Qest PB pipe fiasco, Pex is a godsend to plumbing, and i have had nothing but terrific results with Pex and the attendant brass fittings.....while time will tell whether i am in the wrong, i cannot contain my enthusiasm with something that reduces the intense labor involved in plumbing.....crimp on, brothers!!!