Giovannip
In the Trades
Hey everybody, My name is Giovanni, new here.
I'm hoping somebody can help me out with this PEX angle stop replacement, or confirm that I have to open the wall.
I have a customer that has 16 angle stops that he would like replaced.
His home was repiped 5 years ago.
Very hard water in Southern California with no water treatment in this home.
Some of his quarter turn angle stops are frozen and he would like to go back to multi turn
The stubs coming out of the wall are too short to access a fresh piece of pipe.
If I cut off the PEX ring and not damage the pipe I'm thinking I can either replace the PEX ring and install a new angle stop on the same piece of pipe.
Or I'm thinking I cut off the PEX ring and use a standard compression angle stop with the insert to support the ferrell.
Or I just open the wall and run a new piece of pipe out but this customer doesn't want his walls opened.
I'm looking for a consensus to explain to the customer that it is dangerous to try to reuse the pipe and fitting.
Here is a photo of what we're working with.
Thanks everyone for your help
I'm hoping somebody can help me out with this PEX angle stop replacement, or confirm that I have to open the wall.
I have a customer that has 16 angle stops that he would like replaced.
His home was repiped 5 years ago.
Very hard water in Southern California with no water treatment in this home.
Some of his quarter turn angle stops are frozen and he would like to go back to multi turn
The stubs coming out of the wall are too short to access a fresh piece of pipe.
If I cut off the PEX ring and not damage the pipe I'm thinking I can either replace the PEX ring and install a new angle stop on the same piece of pipe.
Or I'm thinking I cut off the PEX ring and use a standard compression angle stop with the insert to support the ferrell.
Or I just open the wall and run a new piece of pipe out but this customer doesn't want his walls opened.
I'm looking for a consensus to explain to the customer that it is dangerous to try to reuse the pipe and fitting.
Here is a photo of what we're working with.
Thanks everyone for your help