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sgltrac
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I am aware that there is I multitude of styles of pex type tubing fitting
and clamping systems. If I were to plumb a house filled with expensive
hardwoods/furniture and the plumbing would be costly to access later like
its buried in a wall covered with sheet rock and then cabinets I would
probably use copper since I have a lot of familiarity with it and will
outlast me but for the coach I used the "shark bite" tool and fittings
from Home Depot. All of the newer mh/camp trailers if have looked at
itelize a pex type piping material. My neighbor at our vacation place in
eastern Washington has a 5th wheel on his lot which he uses as a guest
house. It never moves and when I asked him about winterizing he said he
occasionally remembers to do it but has not ever had to fix the supply
lines. It can drop into the low twenties and stay there for over a week in
winter. The shark bite fittings are a bit spendy but there weren't very
many compared to plumbing a house. It was very easy to do and I did not
have to worry about spilling glue or primer while installing it. Also, when
I changed my mind about routing or length,no fittings were wasted because
the clamp is removable and the cheap pipe sacrificed. Red and blue coloring
made keeping hot and cold runs easy to identify. Not a single connection
leaked and I had never done it before. Not declaring this is the only way
to go and certainly not the cheapest if you only count materials.
Sully
77 Royale
Seattle
On Sunday, April 17, 2016, Emery Stora wrote:
> Sully
> The clamping tool is only one way to do it. The professional plumbers
> perfer to use PexA with an expansion collar and to use an expansion tool to
> expand the pex and the collar to fit it over the barbed fitting. The pex
> then shrinks back to tightly grip the fitting.
> The expansion tool is more expensive but it does a better job.
>
> It can also be rented at a tool rental place.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick, CO
>
>> On Apr 17, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Todd Sullivan > wrote:
>>
>> The "tools" consist of a clamping tool ($35) and learning to do it
> consists
>> of installing clamping tool over clamp/hose/fitting and squeezing. The
> ONLY
>> reason I piped up about this in the first place A is because you declared
>> that cpvc was the only way to go and I had enough trouble with it to
> decide
>> I would never purchase another rv with rigid plastic pipe. Wanted to
> spare
>> others of the potential frustration. So quit calling the kettle black.
>>
>> Sully
>> 77 Royale
>> Seattle
>>
>>> On Saturday, April 16, 2016, Todd Sullivan > wrote:
>>>
>>> Haha. That's good A 😊
>>>
>>> Sully
>>> 77 Royale
>>> Seattle
>>>
>>> On Saturday, April 16, 2016, A. >> >
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> sgltrac wrote on Sat, 16 April 2016 17:53
>>>> > Of course winterizing the system would prevent this from occurring A
>>>> but as you know sh👎t happens. Also, some people like to use their
> camper
>>>> > in the winter.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sully
>>>> > 77 Royale
>>>> > Seattle
>>>> OK. For all people from this day forward that need to repair or replace
>>>> plumbing in their GMCs, PEX is the ONLY material for the GMC. Do not
> even
>>>> bother to consider alternatives. Buy the tools and learn to install
> PEX.
>>>> Nothing else will work.
>
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Sully
77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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