Most DIYers Overlook this Pex Trick
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Just a quick video demonstrating a trick to use with pex pipe near the end of a run when you need an easy 90-degree turn and want to save time and money.
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This literally came to mind as I was trying to sleep last night. Then I do a search on YT and there it is... Thanks for the vid!
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Water in electric panel causing stinging sensation.
Totally using that trick!!! Thanks brother, and GOD BLESS!
Came for the clickbait but a 1 minute video that gets straight to the point? Well done sir, have my like and engagement to feed the algorithm. Good job!
I have been in the construction business and home inspection business for over 40 years. The hard 90 is ingenious!!!!
Not to mention keeping a smooth flow and less leak potential.
This is not a hard 90. It's a gentle curve.
I had my doubts from the thumbnail, but that's a really good idea! I'm impressed!
Why didnt the plumbing manufacturers think of this?...brilliant!
They were busy thinking of how much profit they would lose selling 90’s and bend support brackets if a plumber used this method instead.
They did, probably. But they knew they'd get less money by selling less hardware.
I run pvc for the entire run especially when installing pex in a concrete slab protects the pipe and makes it replaceable
A brilliant and simple approach that only a superior tradesman would do
Running PVC in concrete is code around here for both power and water..
But could you walk and stand on a lightly sloped roof?
@@homesteadhaven2010 Where the heck is "around here"? I don't know where you live mate...
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Minneapolis.
Outstanding video--one minute is the perfect, no-fat length for this sort of tip. Keep doing these!
I manage a hardware store. I'll add this tip to my repertoire of things I share w/ customers
And here I thought this was common sense. Good on you for showing this to the world
In the right angle blind corner stud situation, if you insert the electrician's elbow facing the direction opposite Pex insertion, you can remove the elbow after insertion.
Initially, I thought the same. Then I thought about the benefit of leaving the long sweep conduit in place:
A crimp in the pipe would be avoided if there were any accidental pulling on the pex (while finishing the installation or any time in the future)
Funny thing,, I did this a couple years back when running a water line before I had a new garage slab poured. I did however use 1-1/4 for a 3/4'' pex run. I used pvc for the run, but used the electrical sweep for the ends. It is easier to push through if you do a 45 degree cut on the end of the pex and use dish soap.
This is fantastic! Just made my life better, as I’m soon to replace the plumbing in my 100 year old house, with pex. This gives me easier way to save time money, provides extra stability, extra insulation. Less points of failure. Yahoo to you!
Sometimes the simplest solutions are right in front of our eyes. Thanks for opening my eyes😄👍
Thanks!!! This video got me laid! I laid down on the ground and got my plumbing fix in no time!
The generated voice introduces the vid with a great deal of skepticism - but then it actually delivers a truly good idea. Bravo!
I agree. It's a short vid with no face time. If one dorks the audio, rerecord and edit.
that is indeed a very useful tip, i'v never thought of that. thanks,
This would have saved me so many headaches last year
It's about to save me a couple!
Excellent idea. I had never thought about it.
Thank you from Australia, what a great hack
I was skeptical when I saw the thumbnail, but this is quite helpful. Ironically, I have been running cable for the last few days and have been using these conduit right angles. It never occurred to me to use them as a brace for PEX. One question though: is this to code? It certainly should be!
I like how you use the Schluter product as a background.
Mind bending! Nice! Also singificantly reduces likelihood for leaks. Best part is no part. Best connector/fitting is no connector/fitting
....and better for flow !
Looks like less of a restriction as well. Thank you!
Yep your one of the reasons why I still have a job
Holy cow, so simple.
This is exactly what I needed to see. This should solve trying to run pex through a finished wall!
Back when I added plumbing to my skill set, we were just transitioning from copper to pvc. I haven't had the honor of playing with pex very much yet. Just a few little jobs. It's a great system. The clamps are pricy though.
Gonna use that on the boat im working on. Gotta install a purasan that needs fresh water. I have the pex and I have grey pvc 90's from another job/yacht. This is a good idea for running thru boards.
Thanks so much. I purchased bend support brackets. They were worthless. I just tried your method with a PVC elbow that I had left over. It works great!!!
Short and to the point. I really could have used this method a couple of years ago when I moved my water heater and needed to make several bends.
Never would have considered it, thanks for that!!
Short, informative, useful... brilliant !!!
Thanks.
Brilliant! Thank you!
Nice tip! Thanks for sharing!
Best damn minute I ever spent! Thanks!
I agree! 😂
I'm doing a project right now and was using those black 90 bends but every time I move down stream to work on another bend the torque would snap the black 90. I've busted like 4 of those things. Got so sick of it yesterday. Was thinking about using DWV 90 sweeps but this is more space saving. Thanks for this massive tip.
Brilliant idea! I wish I knew this before.👍
As a motorhome owner, this will sort out a few problems I'm experiencing with re-running plumbing installations... thanks!
Very slick trick!
53 Electricians down voted this video as "not to electrical code".
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too much current through the pipe
Marvelous! There is another trick that you can use for PVC pipe to make bends...What you have to do is fill the PVC pipe with sand. Then, slowly over low heat, heat up the PVC pipe and bend it in the shape you need. The sand will keep it from kinking. Then, dump out the sand and you have the perfect bend you want!
This is OK for conduit, but you should *not* do this for any (pressurized) PVC water pipe. The resulting pipe will not meet the necessary pressure ratings anymore, and is likely to spring a leak down the line.
It's the simple things that are the best. KISS.
actually the conduit in the corner is a smart idea.
Looks good, also looks like a wider sweep than a 90° bend though. I’m going to buy a couple from Lowe’s just in case I need them anyway.
great idea !!! thanks
For everybody saying this is not cheaper...
At Lowe's a 3/4" PVC conduit elbow is $1.46
A brass 1/2" PEX 90 is $2.48 + 2 copper rings from a bag of 25 is $0.75 for a total of $3.23
A 1/2" PEX support bracket is $3.78
LESS than half the price.
Excellent
And best of all the structural integrity of the polymer is not compromised as it would if it had been bent by heating it.
That's a great tip. I like it.
Freakin brilliant! Thanx for sharing.
Genius!
That is a great, practical tip!
I cut out a 4x4x4 grey pvc box to make this elebow fit into and through while having pvc come up a wall from the dirt and penetrate the side of a brick wall.
The box hid the 90 from being seen fully.
Great protection going through brick.
A swooping 90 isnt a elbow 90, i needed max pressure on the faucet 150' away.
I usually heat mine and bend it. Then i use a wet rag to cool the pipe quickly. Im sure this works well, and the grey conduit can easily be clamped as well. It's definitely a trick im going to try in the future.
How do you keep it from pinching? Do you bend it in a form? Most pipes and tubing will flatten closed when you bend them without support.
Very nice.
At first I didn't like this because of the bend radius being a little bigger. But then I saw the uses. Highly handy.
You could probably heat it up and get the radius you need.
brilliantly simple, thank you. I have to run some Pex anyway I'll have to remember that. you now have a new sub.
Best wishes, from Texas
Simply brilliant!!
this is genius
can use this for getting electric wires through a corner too... then just pull it back out or leave it.
So simple it is brilliant!
DUH! I have these 90’s in my electrical box. Great trick! As I go into a PEX A job where there will be a lot of 90’s!
Excellent!
Brilliant ...Sometimes we overlook the obvious...Thanks...
Fascinating! Thanks!
It saved me as much time as it took to watch those video LoL. Worth it? not sure
Ditto. Awesome. I have two tough corners this coming weekend!
Looks like it would be handy for electrical in those corners
Great idea, thank you for sharing!
Sweet!
Excellent video. In your new subscriber
Well done !
i will try
Thank you.
yep, you have my like.
Brilliant!
Great tip! Thank you for sharing!
The obvious solution that isn’t thought about 🤦🏻
I’ll try to keep this in mind.
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That's damn smart, thank you!
Nice!
it's INSANE!!!!!!
You, Sir, are, in fact, a fukkkkking GENIUS!
Pretty darn fantastic idea.
Thanks bro this is a awesome hack
Very Cool
Awesome tip! Saved my butt.
Very useful. Thank you!!
Insert a steel spring over the pipe. Heat the pipe with a heat gun. Bend the pipe and quench it in cold water. Remove the spring and the pipe will retain the bend. The spring can be reused multiple times.
have you actually done this cause heating pex doesn't really do much. it's not like pvc at all.
Is it cheaper than the snap on corner made for PEX? The advantage of using the snap on 90° corner for PEX is you don’t have to feed the pipe through it and the corner has a mounting bracket to secure the pipe.
Great, what size elbow?
with a heat gun or torch and some practice you can soften and bend your own sweeps out of straight pvc…
Wow that's a clever idea
Great tip. Liked & subbed.
For those of us that need to know, is that 3/4 conduit for the 1/2 inch pex?
This is a great tip. As a consulting engineer, contractor and architect, I'll never install PEX and always recommend against it in projects that I'm consulting on. I had a 3/4" PEX line come apart at a joint in the attic when I was out of town for two days. Copper will get small pinholes or mildly leaky cold joints...PEX gives full water pressure at full pipe volume. This caused almost $200,000 in damages. And the install was less than 6 months old. Stick with the tried and true. Don't be lazy and do a good job.
Also, less points of failure compared to using a 90 degree fitting!
This is a cool trick. This method would flow less restricted a 90 bend!
Most failures are at fittings. These are great
Great tip! Thank you!
good tip
Conduit for water pipes. 👍