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"As noted in another comment, PEX is sort of flexible and hoselike, and is seeing a substantial amount of use for water piping nowadays." Yes, PEX is the flexi
by rsync 9y ago
"As noted in another comment, PEX is sort of flexible and hoselike, and is seeing a substantial amount of use for water piping nowadays."
Yes, PEX is the flexible tubing material you are thinking should exist.
PEX and sharkbite fittings are like magic - you can plug together arbitrarily complex water circuits and layouts as simply as building with legos.
I personally use copper piping for very long-lived installations and for simple, long runs. However, anything complex at the end of the line (irrigation, pump and well work, filter assemblies, etc.) transitions to PEX and shark bites.
- 220V_USKettle 9y agoI have seen shark bites fail. It is particularly problematic in inaccessible areas (hidden behind drywall). PEX compression fittings with coupled 'sticks' of straight PEX makes runs easier (not having to straighten out the 'coil'). Also, check out the Milwaukee PEX tool. Expensive, but awesome. PS In the first episode of Stranger Things, you can see the hot and cold PEX runs in the kitchen of the diner. Very progressive.
- JshWright 9y agoI keep SharkBite ball valves on hand in every pipe diameter in my house. Twice now I've had some sort of minor plumbing "emergency" (leaking appliances) that would have required shutting the water off for a day or more until I could get it repaired. Having the SharkBites on hand meant I could just stick one in-line on that branch and leave the rest of the water on while I sorted out the issue.
- kmeade 9y agoI had never heard of SharkBite fittings. As a minimally-competent home handyman, I thank you for putting me on to them. Here's a link to an informative and sensible video on SharkBite... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8X1VawLeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8X1VawLeE