| Plumbing question - This shouldn't be this difficult [message #243653] |
Sat, 15 March 2014 18:42  |
Otterwan
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I'm looking for an adapter to go from a PEX cone to a standard kitchen faucet female connector. I managed to kluge something together with pipe nipples and washers, but there must be a fitting for this.
What I have is the female PEX on one side (cone and nut) and the female faucet coupler on the other. With the amount of PEX in use in homes now I would think this would be a no brainer, but Home Depot was completely clueless and I spent a good half hour going over their plumbing section and found nothing.
I wouldn't mind cutting the cone off and attached something to the bare tube, but I couldn't find that either.
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| Re: Plumbing question - This shouldn't be this difficult [message #243676 is a reply to message #243653] |
Sat, 15 March 2014 19:35  |
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Matt Colie
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| Otterwan wrote on Sat, 15 March 2014 19:42 |
I'm looking for an adapter to go from a PEX cone to a standard kitchen faucet female connector. I managed to kluge something together with pipe nipples and washers, but there must be a fitting for this.
What I have is the female PEX on one side (cone and nut) and the female faucet coupler on the other. With the amount of PEX in use in homes now I would think this would be a no brainer, but Home Depot was completely clueless and I spent a good half hour going over their plumbing section and found nothing.
I wouldn't mind cutting the cone off and attached something to the bare tube, but I couldn't find that either.
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David,
What I know as a PEX Cone is supposed to attack PEX tubing to a pipe thread. If that is what you have, then you could get a flexible faucet leader (plastic things usually hanging near the pipe fitting) they are most often available as either straight 3/8 tube for a compression fitting or a swivel male pipe thread. You could put the PEX cone on a male thread compression fitting(?)
Good Luck, I find that I often have to tell the big box guys what their parts are.
Matt
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| Re: Plumbing question - This shouldn't be this difficult [message #243702 is a reply to message #243676] |
Sat, 15 March 2014 21:53 |
mojoe
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Not exactly sure of what you are trying to do, But would it not be easier to go from PEX to a cutoff and the hook sink up to that? Sink will hook straight up to the cutoff and cutoff will fit inside PEX with a crimp. Just a thought.
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| Re: Plumbing question - This shouldn't be this difficult [message #243750 is a reply to message #243653] |
Sun, 16 March 2014 10:49 |
pyolet
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Lowes stocks the Sharkbite press on PEX/to threaded adapters you're looking for. Around $10.
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