Upgrade Your Plumbing With The Latest Pex System!
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2016
- New Pex Plumbing System
Replacing old pipes with new Uponor PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) pipes is a common solution for ensuring that your plumbing system is functioning efficiently and effectively. Uponor PEX is a type of plastic piping that is designed to withstand high temperatures and high water pressure, making it an ideal choice for modern plumbing systems. The process of replacing old pipes with Uponor PEX typically involves the following steps:
Identification of problem areas: A plumbing professional will inspect your current pipes to identify any areas that are damaged, leaking, or showing signs of wear and tear. These problem areas will be prioritized for replacement.
Preparation: The plumbing professional will prepare the work area by turning off the water supply and draining any remaining water from the pipes. They may also need to remove any existing fixtures or obstacles that may be in the way of the new pipes.
Removal of old pipes: The plumbing professional will carefully remove the old pipes and dispose of them properly.
Installation of Uponor PEX pipes: The plumbing professional will measure, cut, and fit the new Uponor PEX pipes into place. The pipes will be connected using specially designed fittings and clamps, which will create a tight and secure connection.
Testing and inspection: After the new Uponor PEX pipes have been installed, the plumbing professional will perform a thorough test and inspection to ensure that they are functioning properly and that there are no leaks or other issues.
By replacing old pipes with Uponor PEX pipes, you can enjoy improved water flow, greater reliability, and a longer lifespan for your plumbing system. This will help to protect your home or business from costly and disruptive plumbing problems and provide you with peace of mind for years to come.
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01:29:59 working on new laundry pex lines
01:31:20 making a hole in brick to make a new outside water connection back side of the kitchen sink
01:39:01 Connection main pex water line to home in the master bedroom
01:47:59 water meter
01:50:18 Connection PVC water main outside to pex pipe in the home
02:09:30 pex manabloc new connection
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Doing my first repipe with pex and this is exactly what I needed to watch. Very helpful champ.
Nice 👍
Thanks so much for the info. Just starting a re-pipe job because of a leak in my concrete slab. Wife and I are retired and can't afford the $8,000.+ to have it done by a Pro. Thanks again for helping hand
I understand. Glad I could help. Leak in slap och!😖
Thank you, we have copper pipe with now a second water leak and your video was very instructive.
Nice glade I could help. I appreciate your support
Wow! What a job! I'm very impressed with your determination to do this while filming and appreciate your talking through what you were thinking at the time. It's really helpful to those of us that don't have the experience you do. Attic work in tight attics is the worst. Thanks for making the video!
+Dall Tex thank you for the nice comment
My favorite plumbing channel! Very informative video.
Makita makes an 18 volt cutout saw that works on wood or drywall (uses different blades for wood or drywall) and you can set the depth of the blade so you only cut the drywall. It also has really good dust collection on it as well. It has a clear shroud around the blade that has a small vacuum outlet. It makes life so much easier!
Ron
Thank you Ron. I'm in the great State Of Texas🤠
Your absolutely right. Im hopping my agony becomes everyone's gain. Thank you for noticing and your consern. Some time we just have to take lemons and make lemonade.
Best video I have seen installing pex. Thank you very much for this.
I appreciate your nice comment. 👍
About to do my dads house and I have never done any kind of work like this. This helps me understand it a lot. Thanks!
Good luck glade I could help
Fantastic video! Very informative, especially for a novice preparing to replace a few lines in my own house. Thanks!
+Tall Sean Your welcome i appropriate you comment.
Thanks Mr Taylor!! Great job and Great info!! I'm looking forward to watching more of your vids.. Keep up the goodwork.
BALLS OF STEEL!! Much respect for those that do this now. I was up there today for a few minutes at a time, and it was horrific. Houston weather sucks
Lol yeah it get a little warm here.
Simply WONDERFUL !
+Bernadette Massey thank you
2 hours and 22 minutes all in one sitting, ... nice job. That is the longest video on You tube that I ever watched and worth every minute,Maybe the best real world video on how to re -plumb a house.Good job and job well done.....
Lol. Yeah It's a long one. Thanks for watching
Wow thanks I can see this is going to be very helpful to me. I am a Plumbing Contractor in California and have been out of the trade for 10 years. I am renewing my licence and looking forward to doing a few re-pipes, thanks for the helpful pricing and instillation tips, David
+David seaquist Welcome back to the trades. Things have gotten a lot easer. Thank you for checking out my channel. Im here if i can help and aways looking for another fresh idea. Happy new my friend.
Thanks
Getting ready to do my house, great and helpful video, thx!
Glade I could help. Good luck this is the best time to do it
Nice video! Really appreciate you taking the time to do this!
Thank you. I appreciate you 🙏I enjoyed making them.
Thank you so much for posting this. It was extremely helpful.
Glad you enjoyed the video. I appreciate your comment🙏
Thanks for switching terminology.
Fantastic video! You’re my favorite plumber on UA-cam. Thanks for making all these great videos.
I am honored and appreciate you very much🙏
Lot of wisdom my friend.
M Bhatti Thank you. I Apprisiate your comment.
Wow, I lucked out in my house. It was built in 1950. Im just ready to start this job of replacing the galvanized plumbing. The house has a central area closet where all the piping and electrical are located. I can literally access the entire houses plumbing from this area. The city replaced the main line into the house with copper when they put in water meters years ago. Thank the lord. I can just walk in there and replace the plumbing without removing any kind of drywall.
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Excellent video, I learned so much, thanks!!!
I appreciate you 🙏
Thank you
thank you for this video!
Your more then welcome
Great video!
Thank You
You are my teacher. a truly Master
Thank you. I appreciate you and I am humbled 🙏
Tampa Florida check in nice job
Thank you Tampa Florida. I appreciate your support. 🙏
Claude, How you doing? I know terms have changed at YT but it doesn't stop us from missing your vids. Thanks for the craft you shared. Wishing you the best.
+Greg T things are getting better. Thank you
I really appreciate you for this video even though it was over 5 years ago I just ran into an issue with a leak in my foundation that I can't get through and like the home you worked in this vid I've updated quite a bit with only updating plumbing in the bathroom shower...thanks to you I now how a plan and the confidence to update the rest of the house so I don't run into this problem hopefully for another 30 yrs and also should I install a pressure regulator?
👍👍
very good videos
+Noel Flores thank you so much
Great video. Have you notice a higher failure rate with the plastic connectors in the north?
First off, thank you so much for making these videos! Very helpful and informative. At the 1:17:17 mark on the video you show a hot and cold 3/4 tee to a 1/2 tee mounted to a small piece of plywood below your hot and cold manifolds. I don’t recall you mentioning what these were used for in the video. I’m doing a re-pipe in a couple weeks and a house just like that. Small 2 bath, one kitchen and laundry room. Got me curious what you used that for.
I'm curious as well.
Very informative. I need to repipe my house and will hire out that job but have good questions now to ask before I hire. In my near Houston attic, however, I am concerned about the affects the high heat can have on pex/glue separation and bending.
There is not a problem with it, there is another type of pex call Viega, which you can search it on line. Viega is as good UPONOR
I enjoyed your video. However, I do not believe you mention where the small manifolds went? They were the 3/4 Tee the 4” pex then the 3/4 x1/2 x 1/2 on both hot and cold? Would appreciate an update. Thanks
Thanks so much for the information, I just started. Ran my first pipe cost me about $200 including fixtures to the tub. Seven more runs to go. Was told It could be up to $10,000 here in California .... LOL
$10,000. 😲
Great video. Nice work. Ballpark, how much is a job this size run?
I would recommend investing in a Fine saw or a knock off version of it.You cut dry wall 100 times faster and cleaner too. Low risk of cutting wires with the tool. They can be a bit spendy but well worth it. Milwaukee makes a cordless version that works very well.
Your Right. And I did buy one after I did this video. Thank you.,
Is the Fein ACTUALLY better than the others? They cost about double or triple. I use a multitool almost every day, and i've been using a Rockwell I got from the box store. Everyone talks about the Fein ones but I dont really ever see them on the job
if the HVAC was older, i would swear it was my attic..... after Snowmageddon hit Houston in 2021, I am thinking of repiping with PEX, not worried about another freeze, but the galvanized in my home is literally older than me....all original from the Sixties.... i like that idea of shielding the pex with some PVC. pro tip.... thank you so much, for showing all of the detail, planning and effort that is involved in that kind of scope of work. is there any risk that the plastic fittings, like the Tees, might crush, as the pex tubing contracts around it?
I agree with your call of putting the manifolds in the attic. it is such a rare case, for the homeowner to have to use them, they are safer out of the way.... the factory manifolds you shared, looked like multifamily... overkill for most residential applications....
(i am a filthy pack rat, but i think i would have put the bed pan on ebay, instead of in the attic.... just sayin....) you are not lying about that tankless... probably not up to code on that install....
i was about to spill my chili when i saw you chipping the bricks... but an outside faucet is so convenient, it is like a luxury, no wonder the client included it in the contract....
PVC out of the ground? in a few years, a kid will be hired to do the yardwork, and destroy that pipe.... the home owners only option will be the cutoff in the water box.....
hopefully someone in the Milwaukee promotion department will see this, then advertise, instead of the deodorant guys....
I appreciate my friend. 👍
I live in Central Florida, the attics get hot! ... Can Uponor manifolds, ie. 3/4" X (3)x1/2" manifolds, be placed in the attic over each tie-in area without leakage worries? ... Does anyone know what the life expectancy is of Aquapex and the Uponor expansion system in hot attics? ... Thanks in advance for any experience that you may have.
For cutting drywall, I feel the vibrating dremels are faster and you can mark how deep to go. Clean cuts and done quick with little mess
Thank you. I need to try that👍
Thank you so much for the video, it helps me to have an idea of how to do my daughters. She has a break and leak on the foundation as the bathroom tile floor is extremely hot and pipes run under the foundation. I just want to know if you can answer one question. The lines under the toilet and the sinks, do those just hang out without having to be bolted sturdy to the wall or sheetrock?
very detailed explanation. I do live in an area where freezing protection is needed (temps to below zero). In fact galvanized and pvc pipes are currently frozen in one of the houses I am looking at to buy. There are other plumping issues along with some broken pipes as well I would like to replace all pipes with PEX. Wondering what you suggest in terms of insulating PEX and if you can use heat tape with PEX to avoid freezing?
+Mark W I would recommend insulating any pipe that's can possible freeze. Heat tape. I would be a little consern about. It could possibly be a fire hazard. I have read about mobile home catching fire doe to heat tape. I would research that first.
Hey friend do you connect the hot pex to the water heater and the main water line ?
Quick question do you have to pull a permit for this?
Thanks for taking the trouble to provide such details. I also live in Houston and we do get long freezes down South and with the manifolds in the attic, they are exposed to some very low temperatures where the water would freeze. Most people let their faucets drip but even then, some pipes freeze as in the winter of 2020. You don't indicate any attempt to protect the pipes or the manifolds from freezing. Will PEX expand enough to allow water to freeze without bursting pipes? One more thing, your manifolds would be easy to mount in a garage (near the hot water heater?) or on the back wall of a closet and wouldn't take up too much room, but would be easier to access for installing and for later homeowner's use (like telephone equipment in an office building). It would only add a couple more feet of each PEX and a few more holes in the ceiling.
Thank you, and yes your right. I didn't go over pipes freezing in this video, but pex pipe can stand up to very cold weather it won't bust like copper or gailvinized pipe it just expands. Here we really never thing of freezing pipe that's much, but looks like that may change after the last freeze.
For *any* type of pipe, make sure the pipe is beneath the insulation line, not over it. You want the pipe uninsulated but beneath the insulation blanket so the heat from the home will keep the pipes from freezing as long as the home has heat. Of course, any extended loss of heat in near zero conditions will eventually allow the pipe to reach freezing temp. But yes, PEX pipe is **far** more durable to freeze expansion and failure than any other type of pipe. Even though it is, I always plan for unforeseen circumstances.
Nice job. Just had a partial replacement done. Had 50 year old galvanized pipe. BTW, what is that piece that comes out of the wall on the drain pipe. Not the tail piece, this piece is attached to the black drain and is galvanized then you connect the p trap and extension to it. Wanted to know, cuz it is all clogged with rust plague and I wanted to replace it myself but I don't know what piece to ask for. This is under the kitchen sink but I noticed all the sink drains have it. TY in advance
Could you send me a Photo that would help. Thanks plumberx1@gmail.com
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Great video! I enjoy watching your other videos as well. What are your thoughts on using "shark bite" fittings?
Gary Dalton shark bites. I love them, there great for plumbing repairs.
i know you probably know better than me, but isnt this pex B that you are using? Shoudnt only pex A be uses when you are to stretched and fasten with the ring clamp?
If they ever need to pull out the kitchen cabinets, isn’t the plumbing going to interfere with that since you ran the lines through holes in the cabinet walls?
Yes.
I would like to see a video on how to run a plumbing line into an existing metal siding shed that has an exiting slab. There is no heat in the shed but can the new line be run into the side of the building somehow? In South Carolina.
Yes it can be done.
Was it 10k for just the pex or the whole job??
The manifolds you made and put in the attic--why did you do the hot and cold differently? The cold you made out of 2 pre-made 3 outlet manifolds. The hot you made completely from scratch with T fittings and elbows. Both hot and cold have 6 total outlets each.
Richard Eberting Good catch. Yes at the time i ran out of the three outlet premade fittings and I improvised. Time was of the essence.
Mr Taylor, I need some advice on how to hook up my new pex line to the main water line inside my house. Can I send you a photo of what I have?
yes send me a photo. plumberx1@gmail.com
How were you able to connect the shower without having to demo
Question what if you live in a place where it gets so cold and cooper freezes or pops what do suggest in uponor do you think it will be better in a cold area? Would I have to put insulation? And I have heard that the hot side of the uponor pipe leaks sometimes is that true ?
Well I like copper and ubonor. but uponor want freeze and bust if the cold weather gets to it. and if it pretty cold where you are Yes I would insulate my pipes.
Im getting this done tomorrow cold side slab leak, they are charging $1900 i was told the hot side was done previously before i bought i see it ran inside the house with pvc cold side will be pex
Sounds good, Pex nice, cpvc 😖
@@theartofplumbing idk they say its a days work i only have one bathroom in my house a older house built in the late 60s
In a bathroom does each fixture(sink,toilet,shower) get its own individual 1/2 inch cold water pipe from the 3 port manifold? is it possible to send a 3/4 pipe to the bathroom and then T OFF to the 3 fixture? first timer here. THANKS
Yes, you can run 3/4 inch and branch/T off. Some guys don't even use the manifold, but me personally. I like the manifold. whatever makes it easy for you. And I no cost can be a factor sometimes 😉
THANKS FOR THE QUICK REPLY!!!
yup, tell them they need much more attic insulation too!
Lakario Davis lol. Yeah they do
Is the manifold necessary or can I just run everything without it ? I want to do this but I feel like I would get confused because of the manifold part
No the manifold is not necessary, but it does make it a lot easier if plumbing issues come up at one location you wont have to shut down the whole system, you can just isolate that one location.
We had our house in Arizona repiped with PEX piping. The plumber ran it through the attic and now every summer our cold water comes out scalding hot for several minutes due to the extreme heat in the attic. Do you have any suggestions to improve heated cold water situation?
Yes insulate the pipes.
I'm in AZ too and our house has original cpvc plumbing running thru the attic and cold water is hot like you say about your re-pipe. Insulating the cold pipes after the repipe wouldn't be easy nor am I sure how much it would help. in my attic, it would be risky to try to insulate cpvc pipes much because they get brittle. And... we have a software (plastic) tank in the garage, which also warms to Hot outside air temps. if you have soft water system, insulating that might help.
In the video at 2:10:23 the blue pex looks like a larger diameter than the red pen. Are they the same size?
Your right it is a larger pipe it's 3/4 and the others are 1/2. That particular line is the main line feeding the distribution center.
From manifold , do you continue to run 3/4 to water heater?
Do you run 3/4 from water heater back to hot manifold?
+Jeff Caldwell yes
Where the main comes in the house is a furred out block wall.
Can 3/4 pipe run up and along cement wall? ? Furring strip is only 3/4 of an inch wide.
Seems like it would be tight. Do I need to protect pipe ?
Do I need to pad out wall by adding another layer of dry wall.
Thank s for the help !
Asking plumbers in here a quick question. Can a brass fitting be connected to a stainless fitting without a reaction in a cpvc plumbed house
Yes
I live in Texas and I have CPVC in my house. I want to use Uponor Pex for my shower system what is the best equipment to transition from CPVC to PEX. I don't want to use sharkbite because I have heard too many bad things.
Motivation840 You could use a 3/4 or 1/2 female or male cpvc to iron pipe with metal threads and for pex. Pex to iron pipe brass adapter. Hope this helps.
I'm a plumber in Boise Idaho and I hate sharkbite fittings! However when it comes to cpvc pipe, I've seen it blow apart many times due to glue issues when installing it. When it comes to cpvc, I would trust a shark bite fitting to tie into cpvc before I would trust a cpvc glued fitting.
If I re pipe my home. Do I have to pay a separate company to repair the walls after they are cut?
in most cases yes
Hey mr it’s oky to run pex pipe in slab foundation?
Sorry. I wouldn't recommend running any water line under a slap. Slap leaks are the worse leaks, running water lines in slaps have been outlawed here in Texas not code approved. Hope this helps.
hello again. did you install that one inch pvc pipe ???? how ??? I am already impressed, but how ??? david salcedo. I am loving the show, just had a question, plumb on
+David Salcedo The 1" PVC pipe. I just cut two peices for hot a cold, just enough that it would fit at the back of the cabinet and alow the drawers to close. And i drilled a few holes again at the back of the cabnents after marking the spot horizontal and sleed the two pieces from the opening behind the refrigerator. And it just worked out. All those nice cabinets i had to be careful and creative. :-)
What was the first tool in the video name?
They have blades that are just deep as the drywall for you sawsall
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When you say 6-10 thousand how much would you say is for parts and how much for labor.
Matty_Ice Parts about $1,300
Wouldn't be better to use brass nipple instead of galvanized even though they're more expensive? but they would last a long long time
+Hever Morales Yes. The galvinized pipe been in the home for over 45 years. It's not as much the pipes be coming corrosion as calcium built up witch will happen with almost any piping system. Unless the water is filtered. The price of the two materials may or may not be a factor. It all depends on a price you have to work with a pose the end result in the long run.
why did you use those 2 new short gavanized nipples after doing all that nice new Pex work, why not spend $2 and buy brass nipples instead of those galv nippes which will eventually rust.?
Dude, u need to get yourself a "Glow rod set -sticks" made by Klein, for fishing water lines up, n down walls, & also 20v Dewalt Oscillating cutting tool, and SDS-Max rotary hammer drill, this will make your job 20X faster & Easier ! Nice job
Native American 702 I will look onto that. Thank you
Did you use shower elbows under the kitchen and bathroom sinks
drop-ear 90's, but yes you can call them that as well there used for all kinds of applications where you need to connect threaded pipe and stub out of the wall.
@@theartofplumbing Thx!!!
Did i miss it or you didn't remove the existing galvanize pipes 🤔
You didn't miss 🧐 some walls left the Galvanized pipe disconnected in the wall. It would have done to much costly damage to walls pulling them out.
Question about PEX and CPVC. Which one do you prefer? Is there a chemical smell or taste from PEX pipe?
Most definitely Pex. Smell from Pex? Not that I have noticed or heard about.🤔 good question. Every type of plumbing pipe has its good and bad. Pex pipe makes me feel good and confident more so then cpvc.
@@theartofplumbing The question comes from listening to other channels. Do you prefer Pex A or B?
Uponor Pex also known as Wirsbo. Go by name not A,Or B, it will throw you and everyone else off. I use uponor/wirsbo which is Pex A, (Zurn Pex ) I don't use that would be B,
@@theartofplumbing Thank you for your help. I see that Pex does not like UV light. Anything special to be done under a crawl space that has vents where light could get under in the summer when open? Looking to replace the copper in my 1970's house.
Yes. Just insulate pipe👍
Idear
half a day to tie in some pex damn son you making a killing lol.
Lol
I feel your Struggle with this house...I’m in the same boat trying to be creative since everything was remodel and trying not to damage anything..
Thank you. I appreciate your understanding. It take some real thinking out the box to make it work. 👍
I thought PEX pipes were only connected using a crimp tool and clamps. what is this white plastic and tool that you are using sir?
This is a pipe ex pander. .
thanks. now i couldn't find this type of PEX at a home depot nor a lowe's what's up with that?
yeah sorry. they don't sale this type. you have to find it at plumbing supply house are online. ask for Ubonor or Wirsbo. there both the same, but some go by Ubonor and some call it Wirsbo that's just the fittings. the pex pipe I'm using is Aqupex as a plumber and in my opinion this is the best to go with. thank you for the comment
Great Video. and Thank you again, sir
wackoguywatch what about freeze protection.
How much does something like this cost
Theresa Uzcha Perez . Two full bath's,laundry,kitchen sink, two outside faucet, water heater, one story home, and installing pipes in attic not basement. 7 to 10 thousands the smaller the attic to work in the more the cost. This house was very difficult. The attic was very tight to work in and I had to work around a home that was just remodel. Water lines was a after thought for them.
Anything that wasn't supposed to be there was there 👍🏻😂 understand
Lol 😆
Why does everything look to be in a bubble or warped besides the fact everything's in the dark? No way I would take a job like this all clustered up/messed up unless it was worth my while by paying me way above normal in advance. The homeowner should of given thought to your expectancy of responsibility of ability with consideration & a lot of appreciation.. It looks to me as if they take you for granted. They need to clean up their own mess & not lay it on you to do it! Moving company's charge like $10. for every piece of shit they move from one room to the next & charge another $10 each to move it back & that's no matter how light or small it is..
install your valves in the off position :)
You need a ZIP TOOL. SET THE drywall bit to about 5/8 in and save yourself some pain. Harbor freight will sell you a zip type rotary tool for less than 20.00.
JorB
Dang well how much they pay you lol?
Believe or not. That job cost me money 💵, long story 🥺
@@theartofplumbing dang smh bro thats wild I would lobe to hear story bro would be real amazing if you could i would not have let it cost me money but I would have charged them a pretty penny
@@zackmusic9756 Yeah. Water under the bridge now. We live, we learn. I appreciate you my friend 👍
Very nasty attic
Yes it was😣
Yes sir u could have got sick u needed a mask
@@zackmusic9756 your right😣
Great Video. I learned a lot. Thank you!
Awesome. I appreciate you support🙏