We moved into our new (11 year old) house two years ago. I'm getting ready to install a whole house water softener (very hard water here) and then start replacing kitchen faucet and all of the crappy push-pull plastic supply valves throughout the house. I never worked with PEX before, just copper. Your videos are the BEST, thanks for naming the crimping tool. I'll be working in some tight spaces and a One-Hand-Ratching crimper will necessary. I got 3 quotes from plumbers, one was to install just the kitchen faucet (that I supply) $220, another was $795 for the faucet install (that I supply), last one was for water softener, reverse-osmosis under kitchen sink, and faucet $10,759. Insanity!!!! I wish that I had gone into the trades and became a licensed plumber.
I have 11 old valves with slight leaks and if the original installers had used your adapter method, I would avoid have to cut 11 lines and install new valves. Today I bought all the adapters, the crimp rings, and the exact crimp tool you use here. This is for one of our rentals, and it's good to know that if a supply shutoff valve fails in the future, we won't have to worry about "is there still enough length of Pex B tubing or are we going to have to open the sheetrock and install a union and a new length of Pex" Imagine cutting open the sheetrock, installing a union, installing a new longer piece of Pex, fixing the sheetrock, sanding, painting, just to replace a bad valve. My goodness. Because to your point, these valves are designed to keep the manufacturer in business ("planned obsolescence" ?) and they WILL need to be replaced again. Thank you kindly for this excellent solution to this problem.
Great instructional video Brian. My first time working with PEX. I think I can handle this repair without stressing out too much now. Thank you for sharing extra tips you learned by years of experience! This will save us all $$$. God bless you! 🙂
would have liked to see how the ratcheting tool attached itself to the crimp ring, maybe a side view or something (I know you were space limited). But thanks, your explanations & tips always help. Much appreciated!
I have the changeable tool for the copper rings on the way because these were the rings they used to install the pex. I did not know how widespan the crimp tool has to be in order to crimp the rings. I am not sure I have all that space under my sink for this tool coming. I wish there was a video that not only told about just the types, but about the space you are working in and the handle span needed for each tool. I did not want to have to buy different types of crimping tools.
That would make a great video. I will put something together down the road. The little Apollo ratcheting pex tool does not need much space. Totally why I went with it for type B pex
Can I use the tape & megaloc on my electric waterheater threaded supply lines? I used them on my faucet supply lines and they never leaked! Would it hurt to brush on a little megaloc after adding tape on threads like you do???😁😁 i may use the flex hose with a built on pex tip instead of using male adapter threaded pieces! In that case, I will only use it on the threaded attatchment waterline posts!
Great video thanks! Doing the same but for a bathroom sink faucet replacement. Use the manifold key but the water did not shut off. Will goto the main valve as you suggested.
@@ThatFixItGuy HELLO. Actually I was trying to replace a sink faucet, but the water would not shut off from the Manubloc valve. I turned off off all the bathroom valves (H&C) bit no luck. I am used to copper water pipes so this is new. :-)
@@ThatFixItGuy It might be perfectly fine, I'm not sure is all. For reference my experience comes from being a mechanical engineer in oil/gas...I might be looking at this overly conservatively!
this video was excellent from start to finish, your presentation was perfect!!! I wish you could have explained how the dishwasher line will connect to that valve you installed. I have that same pex type pipe but it is running all the way to the dishwasher, but when I get a new one I would have liked to have seen how you connect that to a different hose so I will be ready to DIY!!!!
Turn off the water, cut the pipe with a plastic pipe cutter, and then slide a SharkBite shutoff valve onto that pipe. That's it, that's all you need to do, no crimping of anything. When that valve needs replacing you use a removal tool to remove the SharkBite valve and slide a new one onto the same pipe. It's not in the wall so you can keep an eye on the valve to check for any leaks. If the SharkBite drips then use an adapter and crimp rings like those used in this video.
So, if the tiny shut off valves on the manifold break when try to use them, then doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of the manifold? I thought the advantage was to be able to shut off, selectively, any of the lines (?)
Ok... that's all new to me. Lol. I don't have a home shutoff, so I was going to install one with a pex line that runs to a whole home filter, and then back to the mainline. (My home is old, and the water is "rough" where we are. So I bought a whole home filter to install... and I was shocked that there's no water shutoff around the house... just the one by the meter out by the street.) This is gonna be a pain.
As always thank you fixit guy. But can you show how to uninstall and install a dishwasher properly? Keep up the good work!! Am subscribed and love to watch your how to channel.
After you turn water supply to dishwasher off, if you turn the old dishwasher to on it will purge the water pressure from the line and you won't have that overspray under the cabinet.
I have the exact setup for my toilet water supply. it was fine when i installed it but now there is a small leak at the male adapter & the shutoff valve. only when the toilet is flushed and the water fills up. Seems like the pressure build up is causing it. Any suggestions on that.? Thanks,
Did you put Teflon and pipe dope on the male adapter? If not I would shut it down and do that. At least 3-5 wraps of Teflon then pipe dope. I like megaloc that should do the trick.
Thanks for your awesome video. Could you advise the details of the FIP valve? Mine is a 1/2 in FIP ×3/8 in O.D.Comp angle valve. Does it match the male PEX adapter you present in your video? Thanks again.
The other side is screwed on to the valve. You can buy a pex valve that you hook straight to pex pipe. I’m not a fan though. I have seen too many fail. I like to put a male adapter on the pex then screw on the valve.
NEVER RELY ON HOME DEPOT for any type of installation. We've all heard of the "Can Do!" attitude that creates good outcomes from a positive work ethic. The installers contracted by Home Depot *_have a CAN'T DO attitude_* - their operations process is as follows: 1) set the customer's expectations that the appliance they purchase at the Home Depot store will be installed by a professional installer 2) COLLECT MONEY from the customer for that installation 3) arrive at the customer's home and IMMEDIATELY SEEK ALL POSSIBLE WAYS to *_WEASEL OUT OF THE INSTALLATION_* and leave the owner with a 'dead' appliance in their home or garage *_Never, never, NEVER EVER_* rely on Home Depot for installation. Purchase the appliance, and when they offer installation, burst out laughing and point at the Home Depot rep for being a freaking SAP. Most of them know full well that the installers expend effort to ABANDON the customer and leave them hanging with a dead appliance. CRUX OF THE STORY: You are going to have to find your own installer ANYWAY so avoid the 'tease' and unprofessional attitude of Home Depot's installers. THEY ARE NEAR-WORTHLESS. Our company operates a lot of rental properties and we learned years ago that Home Depot doesn't really want to perform installations; they're just too stupid to realize that the resentment created in their customers by abandoned installation jobs HURTS THEM.
Well the "installers" for lowes are guys that worked for Mcdonalds yesterday. If its not just stick it in a hole and plug it in, lowes cant do it. Their horrible.
We moved into our new (11 year old) house two years ago. I'm getting ready to install a whole house water softener (very hard water here) and then start replacing kitchen faucet and all of the crappy push-pull plastic supply valves throughout the house. I never worked with PEX before, just copper. Your videos are the BEST, thanks for naming the crimping tool. I'll be working in some tight spaces and a One-Hand-Ratching crimper will necessary. I got 3 quotes from plumbers, one was to install just the kitchen faucet (that I supply) $220, another was $795 for the faucet install (that I supply), last one was for water softener, reverse-osmosis under kitchen sink, and faucet $10,759. Insanity!!!! I wish that I had gone into the trades and became a licensed plumber.
That is crazy on the water softener and RO unit. I hope you were able to knock out most of these yourself.
I have 11 old valves with slight leaks and if the original installers had used your adapter method, I would avoid have to cut 11 lines and install new valves. Today I bought all the adapters, the crimp rings, and the exact crimp tool you use here. This is for one of our rentals, and it's good to know that if a supply shutoff valve fails in the future, we won't have to worry about "is there still enough length of Pex B tubing or are we going to have to open the sheetrock and install a union and a new length of Pex"
Imagine cutting open the sheetrock, installing a union, installing a new longer piece of Pex, fixing the sheetrock, sanding, painting, just to replace a bad valve. My goodness.
Because to your point, these valves are designed to keep the manufacturer in business ("planned obsolescence" ?) and they WILL need to be replaced again. Thank you kindly for this excellent solution to this problem.
Great instructional video Brian. My first time working with PEX. I think I can handle this repair without stressing out too much now. Thank you for sharing extra tips you learned by years of experience! This will save us all $$$. God bless you! 🙂
Your welcome! So glad this could help!
How do you tell the differance between pex A and pex B.
Male pex adapter is genius. Thanks
Your so welcome! I how we can help again.
Another helpful video from That Fixit Guy. Brian rocks!
Thank you bro! Hope you guys are having a great day!
would have liked to see how the ratcheting tool attached itself to the crimp ring, maybe a side view or something (I know you were space limited). But thanks, your explanations & tips always help. Much appreciated!
I have the changeable tool for the copper rings on the way because these were the rings they used to install the pex. I did not know how widespan the crimp tool has to be in order to crimp the rings. I am not sure I have all that space under my sink for this tool coming. I wish there was a video that not only told about just the types, but about the space you are working in and the handle span needed for each tool. I did not want to have to buy different types of crimping tools.
That would make a great video. I will put something together down the road. The little Apollo ratcheting pex tool does not need much space. Totally why I went with it for type B pex
Installing the female to pex adapter is a great idea!
Can I use the tape & megaloc on my electric waterheater threaded supply lines? I used them on my faucet supply lines and they never leaked! Would it hurt to brush on a little megaloc after adding tape on threads like you do???😁😁 i may use the flex hose with a built on pex tip instead of using male adapter threaded pieces! In that case, I will only use it on the threaded attatchment waterline posts!
Great video thanks! Doing the same but for a bathroom sink faucet replacement. Use the manifold key but the water did not shut off. Will goto the main valve as you suggested.
Right on so glad this could help you out. I hope we can help again. Let me know if you need anything. Happy to help.
@@ThatFixItGuy HELLO. Actually I was trying to replace a sink faucet, but the water would not shut off from the Manubloc valve. I turned off off all the bathroom valves (H&C) bit no luck. I am used to copper water pipes so this is new. :-)
I'd be curious if either the PTFE manufacturer or the pipe dope manufacturer recommends mixing/matching both products? I certainly would not.
I’ve used both together for so long can’t see and issue, but now I’m curios as well. Thank you.
@@ThatFixItGuy It might be perfectly fine, I'm not sure is all. For reference my experience comes from being a mechanical engineer in oil/gas...I might be looking at this overly conservatively!
Would you be able to use this concept if you are trying to "reverse" the water back? No other pipe or hose to connect at the end.
Thanks for the tips Brian! Plumbing made easy!
Your very welcome! Thanks for watching!
this video was excellent from start to finish, your presentation was perfect!!! I wish you could have explained how the dishwasher line will connect to that valve you installed. I have that same pex type pipe but it is running all the way to the dishwasher, but when I get a new one I would have liked to have seen how you connect that to a different hose so I will be ready to DIY!!!!
I have a dishwasher line video. th-cam.com/video/Ak54TikIYMk/w-d-xo.html
Turn off the water, cut the pipe with a plastic pipe cutter, and then slide a SharkBite shutoff valve onto that pipe. That's it, that's all you need to do, no crimping of anything. When that valve needs replacing you use a removal tool to remove the SharkBite valve and slide a new one onto the same pipe. It's not in the wall so you can keep an eye on the valve to check for any leaks. If the SharkBite drips then use an adapter and crimp rings like those used in this video.
This is true. I use sharkbite as well, but not my go to.
Good advice , well done .. Happy Friday !
Thank you Richard! The male adapter set up is the only way I like to do a valve install. Saves heartache!
So, if the tiny shut off valves on the manifold break when try to use them, then doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of the manifold? I thought the advantage was to be able to shut off, selectively, any of the lines (?)
Ok... that's all new to me. Lol. I don't have a home shutoff, so I was going to install one with a pex line that runs to a whole home filter, and then back to the mainline.
(My home is old, and the water is "rough" where we are. So I bought a whole home filter to install... and I was shocked that there's no water shutoff around the house... just the one by the meter out by the street.)
This is gonna be a pain.
I’m in the same boat. Still have not got around to re plumbing mine up. It will be a bit involved as well. Good lock to you.
As always thank you fixit guy. But can you show how to uninstall and install a dishwasher properly? Keep up the good work!! Am subscribed and love to watch your how to channel.
I will get there I promise. Thank you Max got all the support.
Wasn't the supply line you cut to the kitchen sink? so why didn't you put a T fitting in there with the valve connected to it for the dish washer?
This was just the hot water line to the dishwasher. They hard piped in with pex.
After you turn water supply to dishwasher off, if you turn the old dishwasher to on it will purge the water pressure from the line and you won't have that overspray under the cabinet.
This is a great tip. Thank you for your comment.
I have the exact setup for my toilet water supply. it was fine when i installed it but now there is a small leak at the male adapter & the shutoff valve. only when the toilet is flushed and the water fills up. Seems like the pressure build up is causing it. Any suggestions on that.?
Thanks,
Did you put Teflon and pipe dope on the male adapter? If not I would shut it down and do that. At least 3-5 wraps of Teflon then pipe dope. I like megaloc that should do the trick.
@@ThatFixItGuy i did put the Teflon but no pipe dope. ill give that a shot.
thank you
That's some good info, Brian.
Thank you Bryant. Good way to not get yourself in a jam down the road.
Thanks for your awesome video. Could you advise the details of the FIP valve? Mine is a 1/2 in FIP ×3/8 in O.D.Comp angle valve. Does it match the male PEX adapter you present in your video? Thanks again.
Yes that will be correct 1/2 Fip.
Hey Brian thanks for the great information this is something I have been wanting to see 👍
Awesome Britt! I will try to step up my pex material then! This type B stuff is ok, but type A is what I love!
I'm not following. Was the other side of the pipe attached to the shut-off valve? If so, how is that done?
The other side is screwed on to the valve. You can buy a pex valve that you hook straight to pex pipe. I’m not a fan though. I have seen too many fail. I like to put a male adapter on the pex then screw on the valve.
Great tool info!
Your welcome. Hope you got your repair taken care of.
Great advice!!
Thank you Gerry! Hope you have a great weekend.
Great video brother. Great tips
Thank you Steve! I’m just glad they are helping people!
Thanks great fix
Your welcome! Thanks for watching.
Take it from a plumber, that is some wacky Plumbing
Super helpful!!
Sweet. I hope we can help again.
buy the tool
wish my builder did this. would of paid the extra $
NEVER RELY ON HOME DEPOT for any type of installation.
We've all heard of the "Can Do!" attitude that creates good outcomes from a positive work ethic.
The installers contracted by Home Depot *_have a CAN'T DO attitude_* - their operations process is as follows:
1) set the customer's expectations that the appliance they purchase at the Home Depot store will be installed by a professional installer
2) COLLECT MONEY from the customer for that installation
3) arrive at the customer's home and IMMEDIATELY SEEK ALL POSSIBLE WAYS to *_WEASEL OUT OF THE INSTALLATION_* and leave the owner with a 'dead' appliance in their home or garage
*_Never, never, NEVER EVER_* rely on Home Depot for installation.
Purchase the appliance, and when they offer installation, burst out laughing and point at the Home Depot rep for being a freaking SAP. Most of them know full well that the installers expend effort to ABANDON the customer and leave them hanging with a dead appliance.
CRUX OF THE STORY: You are going to have to find your own installer ANYWAY so avoid the 'tease' and unprofessional attitude of Home Depot's installers. THEY ARE NEAR-WORTHLESS. Our company operates a lot of rental properties and we learned years ago that Home Depot doesn't really want to perform installations; they're just too stupid to realize that the resentment created in their customers by abandoned installation jobs HURTS THEM.
Crappy manifold..Always go with metal ball valves and copper manifolds or pex..
So true. Thank you for watching and your comment s
Well the "installers" for lowes are guys that worked for Mcdonalds yesterday. If its not just stick it in a hole and plug it in, lowes cant do it. Their horrible.
That was not an angle stop. When you are ambiguous with your terminology you will easily confuse DIYers.
So seriously absolutely nothing supporting the valve, just laying there like a floppy xxx.
first comment.
Thank you for checking out the video! Hope you have a great weekend! Got a project foe the weekend?
@@ThatFixItGuy mabey
Right on. New video?