Connecting Pex Tubing To Faucet

Cut the pex pipe.

Connecting pex tubing to faucet.

Pex s flexibility reduces the need for fitting connections which can greatly cut down on installation time. The coil memory however is not a hurdle to installation and pex b is often the tubing of choice for residential plumbing because it also expands to resist cracking when water freezes but is. Turn off the water then drill a 1 inch diameter hole through the house wall and into the basement. 32 years in the trade has taught me a few things.

Slide the ring onto the pipe you want a to gap from the top of the pex pipe to the ring. Slide on your pex fitting to the end of the pipe. If you use a manifold. Half inch pex tubing costs about one third the price of copper.

Pex fittings are faster to install than copper. Then insert the barbed end of a pex faucet. Pex tubing can simplify potable water plumbing installations while providing added freeze resistance hot cold color coding and a reduced risk of pinhole leaks. But if you re doing a medium to large plumbing job you ll usually save on pex over copper.

Making the connection involves placing the compression insert inside the end of the pex tubing sliding the compression ring over the tubing then securing it with the compression nut. A compression nut a compression ring and a compression insert. How to connect pex to a faucet step 1. A number of different ways to join plastic pipe together for the average home owner most tools can be ren.

Some of the savings will go towards purchasing a special tool to install the fittings. Plumbers have long used cross linked polyethylene or pex tubing for applications like subfloor radiant heating and there are many reasons to. Connecting sink shut off valves to pex water lines. Slide a crimp ring onto both pieces of pex.

Learn how to connect pex to a faucet the easy way. Connect to the. The fittings consist of three parts. Using the pex pipe cutter cut the two pieces of pex pipe to the length that you need for them.

In this video this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to plumb a new hose faucet using flexible plastic water pipe. Crimp down the ring with the pex ring tool.