After watching this, and a bunch of other ones on UA-cam, I ran a new Pex 'home run' hot water line to solve a flow problem with a 50+ year old corroded galvanized pipe - by completely replacing it. I used the 'cinch' clamp connections, not shown here, since it was a one off repair, first experiment kinda project. Most importantly, the tool and clamps were readily available on the shelf at my local hardware store. Not to mention that they were relatively inexpensive. Worked great! Someday the whole house will need to be re-piped. When I do that job I will most likely invest in the 'pro' tools and use Wirsbo materials and tools. My research seems to indicate Wirsbo (Now calle Uponor) is the best stuff- Wirsbo is the Swedish inventor developers of the whole Pex Plumbing system. Pex will probably make most traditional plumbers, who are used to steel and copper, want to barf - but it really works! "Wirsbo was founded in 1620 forging steel and weapons for the King of Sweden, according to the company's Web site. Wirsbo changed its name to Uponor in 2006 but still sells products under the former name. Uponor, Inc. is headquartered in Apple Valley, Minn."
If you are looking at" Aqua Pex pipe then yes. Aqua pex is made by Uponor and is a different pipe than say Pex made by Bow. Aquapex uses the expandable shrink rings as its joining pieces where as Pex by Bow uses the copper crimp rings. The word PEX is a common word used to describe all of these types of cross-linked polyethylene tubing products.
this is a really good introduction. i particularly liked the demonstration of how to fix a mistake by cutting off the ring, removing a section of tubing and then repeating the expand/attach sequence. shannon described how to do it earlier in the video but it was even better to see him demonstrate the process. i also liked demonstration of expansion using a manual expansion tool and use of the expansion power tool. another good feature of pex-a expansion rings is that the pex-a cinches down on the fitting but still allows rotation of the fitting. this means that you can attach pex-a with compression fitting to a water heater using a pex to threaded conversion fitting and you can remove the fitting without having to cut the pex-a tubing (there is resistance to the rotation, but you can rotate the fitting).
excellent video and very thorough. I love the fact that you arent rushing through it like other home improvement videos i have watched on youtube. This video really helped me today when i installed my new faucet and sink. Thanks again
The fittings/manifolds are made out of engineered plastic.....I have used the Aqua/Pro-Pex pipes and fittings, plumbing a bathroom, using the Milwaukee Battery expander tool and loved using the entire system!.....no leaks, fast, no flames, no solvents, etc....got my supplies thru Pex Supply.com.....Great Video!
Thanks Shannon, excellent video tutorial. I've seen several videos on this type of installation and none of them explained the rotation method for the manual expander. Well done, as with all your videos!
I’ve built custom homes since 1980 and we always used copper in those days. Around 1990 my supplier introduced me to PEX. He filled a PEX pipe with water and an end cap on either side and froze it. He took it out of the freezer and handed it to me so I could inspect it. It had a big bulge in the middle with no splits. He took it and placed it into a Microwave and turned it on. I stood back away from the Microwave and watched the PEX pipe reduce in size to it’s original size. He opened the Microwave and took it out using a insulted mitt. You could hear the water bubbling. I was sold on the PEX pipe and used it exclusively after that. I used the same system shown here with the expansion tool. Mine was run by a compressed air tool. If you are using it in cold weather, like in a basement before you have heat, you may get leaks around the end piece. I found if you take a heat gun and apply heat to the end piece it will shrink and stop leaking! Best of luck.
Great vid - one of the best PEX tutorials so far. Thanks for showing how the coupling works and the expander tools. A few more demos of different fittings is all I need now. Cheers!
Hi thanks for your indepth tutorial on Wirsbro Aquaplex pipe. It help me a great deal in understanding on how to install those pipes. I will like to share my fix with you. I had a leak right at the sleeve. It was drip drip leak. After watching your video, I went and bought a HOSE CLAMP (inch and a Half diameter). I install that over the sleeve and tighten it snugly and the PROBLEM was solved. I hope this help some viewers with those costly repairs. And thanks for you help. I appreciate it.
Very cool! I've done PEX for 5 years now, with the brass rings, never even knew this existed, looks a lot more easy and faster then the brass rings. Thanks for demonstrating and explaining this!
You just cleared up a few questions I had with the plastic lines. Thank you Shannon, your videos are so well done and you always touch on every detail of the task at hand. Many thanks my friend......
It is a great product,I have been using it for about 3 yrs now with great success. I could not tell you if there are any cases of it breaking down and leaching.
hey shannon, its good you emphasized rotating the tool as you are expanding. if you don't, you make a leak groove in the pex. i had a leak at a fitting today, and it was because as i rotated the tool, the 1/2 inch head stayed in the same place (it came loose as i turned the tool), and, of course it leaked.
Great video! I noticed that you had trouble with putting the last blue line. At my work place, when we expand the rings we usually let the m12 expansion tool do 3 or more revolutions and then hook up it up to the fitting.
Nice video, great walk through, I appreciate you sharing your experience working with this system. Best part, checking out the battery operated expander!
Interesting with good info. If you were doing my house I would want ball valves for each line coming off the manifold. That way if I had a leak I would not need to shut off water for the whole house. I had my plumber to install some ball valves on some water line. He said I was the first to ever request something like that. It paid off when I remodeled my bathroom.
You may try cycling the expander tool 5 or 6 times. The pipe will slip on very easily and give you a few more seconds to get it there! Nice video work, thank you.
thanks shannon. when you use the electric expander there is a minimum number of pulses - 1/2 inch tubes need 5 - 7 pulses. i don't know why, but thats the method.
LMAO!! YEAH IM GLAD YOU CLEARED THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS JUST READY TO STICK IT ON MY NIPPLE AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PAINFUL MESS IF IT TIGHTENED UP. I WOULD'VE DEFINITELY HAD A "NURPLE"😂
this system was the first on the scene,it is rarely used in new houses now,they use the crimp ring type,the expansion tool was quite pricey.Wirsbo is a type A tubing,it is the most flexible so you can make tighter bends,in subdivisions they use type B which is less flexible. Nice video
It's not really any more expensive using the EP fittings and the rings are dirt cheap. the tubing is slight more expensive. Just the tool is pricey. And the dumb valves and stops are overpriced. But I've seen too many corroded copper crimp rings under peoples sinks to ever think the slight price difference would be worth it.
thanks for the video you explained it better than any other video i watched even showed us how to take the ring off if we need too, which i was wondering how to do
Great video, thanks. In my area (western Tennessee) the copper piping that was used in the 1990s is notorious for developing pinhole leaks. Not sure if the grade of copper that was used was too thin or if chemicals in the water are breaking it down over time, or both. Several of my neighbors have given up after fixing 2-3 pinhole leaks and had the entire house redone with Wirsbo PEX-a. I know there is some natural skepticism with this product, but in my area it is far more reliable than copper. Also the added benefit of stopping copper thieves in their tracks, great flexibility, fewer fittings, lower cost, etc.
@Stuart Brazile We had a similar problem with copper here in Southern California, although the water chemistry is probably different. A bunch of new homes in Orange County developed pinholes and the homeowners sued the water district.
Thank you for the video. Those plastic connectors appear to be better than the metal crimp connectors. I've only used copper pipes, but that system sure is a lot less work than sweating copper.
I'm about to re plumb my house with aquapex and I bought the Milwaukee expander M12. One thing I noticed in most videos and references is that they expand the tool five times for 1/2 inch and 9 times for 3/4 inch. It might be picky, but the extra expansion might have avoided your difficulty in getting some of the fittings on all the way. Also, the design of the pex a with an expansion tool allows you to use fittings such as elbows, etc without adversely affecting the flow in the pipe, since the id of the elbows is the same as the id of the pipe. Thanks for the video.
Jim Place Well, not really. The ID of the fitting is obviously smaller than the ID of the pipe since the fitting is inserted INSIDE of the pipe. Wherever possible bend supports should be used instead of 90s for better flow and fewer total connections. Additionally, the ID of all PEX pipe, therefore the cross sectional area, is less than that of its copper counterpart. Other than some factual misinformation this is a fine video for the novice would be plumber.
Jim, you are are correct, I checked the manual that came with my Dewalt DCE40-00 and made I made similar observation while watching the video. Instead of allowing a few extra cycles of the tool, one expansion after it hit the shoulder and he removed the tool. A few extra cycles with the tool and that would eliminated the struggle with the fittings.
Just a thought, you could also have mounted a drop-ear elbow to 2x4 mounted nailed on end between studs for pipes that exits the walls. This enables me to screw in a rigid CPVC or chrome plated brass nipple and a FPT 1/4-turn shut-off on the ends. You can use the chrome pipe bezels as well so you don't need to mud around them making them a little easier to replace if necessary. You can also do a drop-ear tee instead and add a water hammer arrestor in the wall there if you want to, but If a water distribution system is designed for a maximum flow rate of 8 ft./sec., you will never need a water hammer arrestor for CPVC or PEX.
good video. I have the expanding tool but prefer the SS rings....I have a wack of that pipe left over and it is ok to use standard pex rings on it as well.
Holy shit, it's like they made plumbing the easiest thing in the world now. Connect a bunch of tubes, hell yea. Flipping this house of mine is going to be way easier than expected.
gtguy181 lol everyone says that and then they end up calling a real plumber. Sure running pex is easy. You still have to size it correctly which I doubt you know how to. Not trying to be rude but it's true.
Actually I have a construction education, so I kinda do. Starting with the main line and smaller lines follow. My problem is putting the education to practical use. Thats why I thought this would solve that dilemma. Its cool though, hopefully inexperience people doing this type of work look more in depth like you said.
Great video. I'm transitioning from commercial to residential, and I need to be up to speed or at least be familiar with this method before going out on the job.
This is soo much easier to run in that type of condition. I'm usually re-piping a home and it is a pain. First two years we only had the manual expander but now we only use the battery operated ones.
SHANNON, I THINK YOU ARE GENIUS, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I HAVE A QUESTION, WILL YOU HAVE A VIDEO ON WHEN YOU HOOK THIS SYSTEM TO KITCHEN SINK, AND A MAKE A LIST OF ALL THOSE PARTS YOU ARE USING, --- ETC ETC THANK YOU
Hi Shannon,,,great video here on the Pex,,,I hear yer "Inns and yer Oautts" yer must be from Canada I reckon.? Please keep up the good work and God Bless. DD in L.A.
Good stuff man. Thank you. I have the basic idea of how this works now and need to draw up a plan for my house. Any pointers on how to go about that would be greatly appreciated.
Shannon, thanks for the best home improvement videos! May I ask if you have any videos to introduce and help us to understand the basic house plumbing system? I would like to divide my bathroom to two, and put plumbing for another set of toliet, sink and bath. thanks!
Shannon -- Enjoyed the video on using the Wirsbo product but can not find a distributor locally. Do you buy your products online or have an outlet locally where you are. Also I noticed online all Propex connectors are white and I liked your colored ones then you can use all white pex pipe and cut down on the waste. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
Ya my local plumbing shop stocks this product because they use it. The more common pex pipe using the metal crimp rings is easier to find in most areas but I do prefer the aquapex.The coloured rings are nice, I do use some white/clear but the colour makes it so easy to identify and like you said I only need to haul around one type of pipe. You should be able to find this on line I'm sure
Shannon, your killing me man. You have the beautiful install of uponor going on & you use a push fitting. I take your word as gospel. You're the best . But don't use pushfittingd when you can get the same ball valve in uponor or pex A , whichever you want to call it
Great Video, very informative .. I would suggest you check local codes as the waste line looking to the left seems to far from the vent Normally a vent has to be with in 2 feet of the trap weir and the fixture within 2 feet of the trap inlet
Where did you get the red and blue PEX-A expansion rings? None of the online supply stores know anything about them. I would like to color-code my supply lines with them, rather than buying entire coils of red and blue tubing that I won’t use.
Shannon, it appeared that the manual stretching tool stretched the plastic connecting ring more than the Milwaulkee tool. It sure didn't look easy with that cordless tool. Did you share this video with Milwaulkee? I'm hesitant to getting the cordless tool after watching your video. What about the stainless cinching ring. Ever tried them?
+Robert B I noticed this too -- however the Milwaukee M12 ProPex manual suggests 7-8 expansions for 1/2" pex. Shannon did mostly 4 expansions. If you look for the time he did 5, you can see it went on much easier and seated further down on the fitting. I know some people do suggest less numbers of expansions in the colder weather.
I am installing a new bathroom laundry and kitchen using pex. This is a single story with attic space and unheated crawl space below. Is it better to run the plumbing through the attic and down the studs, or under the floor and up, or can I feed through the studs?
I guess it depends a bit on your climate, in most cold climates an attic is much to cold. The usual way would be through from a basement or crawl space and also through the walls. Of course the crawl space can not get to cold either .
Thank you for getting back. That is the problem. I am in southern Ontario about level with Green Bay WI. the crawl space is really cold as I do not have solid foundation walls, just pillars and wood skirting backed by ridged foam so I would have to heat it or blow in insulation over the pipes. through the studs means going around corners and I still have to reach the far side of an open concept kitchen. so I have to go up and over or down and back up the wall. I will figure it out but probably get a plumber in to do that part.
I'm a master plumber and I use stainless steel crimp sleeves. never had a leak. I had the worsbo rep come out and we raced. I did 20 crimp sleeves to his 7. way faster using the stainless crimp sleeves. plus it's 10 cents more a foot for the worsbo pex. and I do 1800 feet average on a house using pex. plus they don't have red or blue or white pex it's all clear?
The video was great but you show the Wisbro PrpPex with a Sharkbite ball valve fitting. I wantede to do that but when I contacted Sharkbite they told me that they did not guarantee Sharkbite fittings on Wisbro Propex. Any thoughts?
One day shark bite, tectite, and all the snap in fitting will be removed by the boatload. A rubber boring is what keeps it water right. My dad made a living off replacing washers in antique faucets. Outings and washers fail. Period. Want to go compression? Then go brass ferrel and nut. Propex/uponor/wirsbro all are great and I can't say anything bad about it. The plastic fittings .... But beyond my opinioni have never had a problem. It's the details of any install that make the difference. Not just this pipe or that pipe. Support, sleeving, neat and orderly circuits, and rational use of material and man hours. Not just pipe.
After watching this, and a bunch of other ones on UA-cam, I ran a new Pex 'home run' hot water line to solve a flow problem with a 50+ year old corroded galvanized pipe - by completely replacing it. I used the 'cinch' clamp connections, not shown here, since it was a one off repair, first experiment kinda project. Most importantly, the tool and clamps were readily available on the shelf at my local hardware store. Not to mention that they were relatively inexpensive. Worked great! Someday the whole house will need to be re-piped. When I do that job I will most likely invest in the 'pro' tools and use Wirsbo materials and tools. My research seems to indicate Wirsbo (Now calle Uponor) is the best stuff- Wirsbo is the Swedish inventor developers of the whole Pex Plumbing system. Pex will probably make most traditional plumbers, who are used to steel and copper, want to barf - but it really works!
"Wirsbo was founded in 1620 forging steel and weapons for the King of
Sweden, according to the company's Web site. Wirsbo changed its name to
Uponor in 2006 but still sells products under the former name. Uponor,
Inc. is headquartered in Apple Valley, Minn."
Shannon, thanks for your videos, they're the best on the web, after watching them I feel like there's no job to big.
You're welcome, Robert.
If you are looking at" Aqua Pex pipe then yes. Aqua pex is made by Uponor and is a different pipe than say Pex made by Bow. Aquapex uses the expandable shrink rings as its joining pieces where as Pex by Bow uses the copper crimp rings. The word PEX is a common word used to describe all of these types of cross-linked polyethylene tubing products.
this is a really good introduction. i particularly liked the demonstration of how to fix a mistake by cutting off the ring, removing a section of tubing and then repeating the expand/attach sequence. shannon described how to do it earlier in the video but it was even better to see him demonstrate the process. i also liked demonstration of expansion using a manual expansion tool and use of the expansion power tool.
another good feature of pex-a expansion rings is that the pex-a cinches down on the fitting but still allows rotation of the fitting. this means that you can attach pex-a with compression fitting to a water heater using a pex to threaded conversion fitting and you can remove the fitting without having to cut the pex-a tubing (there is resistance to the rotation, but you can rotate the fitting).
excellent video and very thorough. I love the fact that you arent rushing through it like other home improvement videos i have watched on youtube. This video really helped me today when i installed my new faucet and sink. Thanks again
The fittings/manifolds are made out of engineered plastic.....I have used the Aqua/Pro-Pex pipes and fittings, plumbing a bathroom, using the Milwaukee Battery expander tool and loved using the entire system!.....no leaks, fast, no flames, no solvents, etc....got my supplies thru Pex Supply.com.....Great Video!
Been thinking about redoing the plumbing in my 1930s home. After watching this I'm definitely doing it.
Thanks Shannon, excellent video tutorial. I've seen several videos on this type of installation and none of them explained the rotation method for the manual expander. Well done, as with all your videos!
I’ve built custom homes since 1980 and we always used copper in those days. Around 1990 my supplier introduced me to PEX. He filled a PEX pipe with water and an end cap on either side and froze it. He took it out of the freezer and handed it to me so I could inspect it. It had a big bulge in the middle with no splits. He took it and placed it into a Microwave and turned it on. I stood back away from the Microwave and watched the PEX pipe reduce in size to it’s original size. He opened the Microwave and took it out using a insulted mitt. You could hear the water bubbling. I was sold on the PEX pipe and used it exclusively after that. I used the same system shown here with the expansion tool. Mine was run by a compressed air tool. If you are using it in cold weather, like in a basement before you have heat, you may get leaks around the end piece. I found if you take a heat gun and apply heat to the end piece it will shrink and stop leaking! Best of luck.
Great vid - one of the best PEX tutorials so far. Thanks for showing how the coupling works and the expander tools. A few more demos of different fittings is all I need now. Cheers!
Shannon, you make very good, clear and easy to understand videos. Thanks!
Hi thanks for your indepth tutorial on Wirsbro Aquaplex pipe. It help me a great deal in understanding on how to install those pipes. I will like to share my fix with you. I had a leak right at the sleeve. It was drip drip leak. After watching your video, I went and bought a HOSE CLAMP (inch and a Half diameter). I install that over the sleeve and tighten it snugly and the PROBLEM was solved. I hope this help some viewers with those costly repairs. And thanks for you help. I appreciate it.
Very cool! I've done PEX for 5 years now, with the brass rings, never even knew this existed, looks a lot more easy and faster then the brass rings. Thanks for demonstrating and explaining this!
Andrew Lank not as fast as crimp rings, but the flow rates are WAY better with wirsbo fittings. A 1/2 wirsbo is almost as big as a normal 3/4 pex tee
You just cleared up a few questions I had with the plastic lines. Thank you Shannon, your videos are so well done and you always touch on every detail of the task at hand. Many thanks my friend......
Thank you for the video. Planning on going all pex as soon as the water line goes inside. Looking at all kinds of videos before I start. 👍
Thanks for the thorough explanation and demonstration.
My pleasure!
Great video for teaching a new counter sales man at a plumbing supplier.
It is a great product,I have been using it for about 3 yrs now with great success. I could not tell you if there are any cases of it breaking down and leaching.
This is a very good demonstration, thanks Shannon and Company.
hey shannon, its good you emphasized rotating the tool as you are expanding. if you don't, you make a leak groove in the pex. i had a leak at a fitting today, and it was because as i rotated the tool, the 1/2 inch head stayed in the same place (it came loose as i turned the tool), and, of course it leaked.
Great video as always guys. Thanks to upload this video to show us How To Cut & Install Wirsbo Aquapex Pex Water Tubing
Great video!
I noticed that you had trouble with putting the last blue line.
At my work place, when we expand the rings we usually let the m12 expansion tool do 3 or more revolutions and then hook up it up to the fitting.
wow . u just saved me a lot of work
thanks for uploading
You have some good stuff here learning more and more each time I watch these videos next time I need it I'll have some idea of what to do thanks
Nice video, great walk through, I appreciate you sharing your experience working with this system. Best part, checking out the battery operated expander!
Interesting with good info. If you were doing my house I would want ball valves for each line coming off the manifold. That way if I had a leak I would not need to shut off water for the whole house. I had my plumber to install some ball valves on some water line. He said I was the first to ever request something like that. It paid off when I remodeled my bathroom.
Yes I see that all the time. This particular owner did not want the cost of all the extra valves.
Thank you Shannon, all of you videos are so helpful.
You are welcome
Nice, clear and easy, and in layman's terms
Always enjoy your videos. Learn a lot.
You may try cycling the expander tool 5 or 6 times. The pipe will slip on very easily and give you a few more seconds to get it there! Nice video work, thank you.
Most helpful and detailed video I've seen
thanks shannon. when you use the electric expander there is a minimum number of pulses - 1/2 inch tubes need 5 - 7 pulses. i don't know why, but thats the method.
I use Wirsbo in my new Remodels in which inspection is required. 👍👍 Great product.
That was the m12 Propex expander tool from Milwaukee #2432-22
LMAO!! YEAH IM GLAD YOU CLEARED THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS JUST READY TO STICK IT ON MY NIPPLE AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PAINFUL MESS IF IT TIGHTENED UP. I WOULD'VE DEFINITELY HAD A "NURPLE"😂
Love your videos my friend, great Sask knowledge.
this system was the first on the scene,it is rarely used in new houses now,they use the crimp ring type,the expansion tool was quite pricey.Wirsbo is a type A tubing,it is the most flexible so you can make tighter bends,in subdivisions they use type B which is less flexible. Nice video
Ya this system is more pricey but really nice to work with, I find the metal crimp ring system gets messy after a period of time.
It's not really any more expensive using the EP fittings and the rings are dirt cheap. the tubing is slight more expensive. Just the tool is pricey. And the dumb valves and stops are overpriced. But I've seen too many corroded copper crimp rings under peoples sinks to ever think the slight price difference would be worth it.
Great instructional video
Easy to understand.......thank you
thanks for the video
you explained it better than any other video i watched
even showed us how to take the ring off if we need too, which i was wondering how to do
Glad to help, be sure to subscribe for more, Gary.
Great video, thanks. In my area (western Tennessee) the copper piping that was used in the 1990s is notorious for developing pinhole leaks. Not sure if the grade of copper that was used was too thin or if chemicals in the water are breaking it down over time, or both. Several of my neighbors have given up after fixing 2-3 pinhole leaks and had the entire house redone with Wirsbo PEX-a. I know there is some natural skepticism with this product, but in my area it is far more reliable than copper. Also the added benefit of stopping copper thieves in their tracks, great flexibility, fewer fittings, lower cost, etc.
Called zincification where the zinc in the copper breaks down to ions and leaves the pipe porous enough to leak.
+dekonfrost7 Called Deziniification BUT it can also be the velocity causes erosion or poor workmanship during the installation
@Stuart Brazile We had a similar problem with copper here in Southern California, although the water chemistry is probably different. A bunch of new homes in Orange County developed pinholes and the homeowners sued the water district.
Thank you! An excellent video. Your demonstration was very good and I have learned a lot.
Glad you were able to learn something from it
HouseImprovements
Very useful, clear, and concise....
Glad to hear you liked what we have here
best howto ever !i really enjoyed your video
Thank you for the video. Those plastic connectors appear to be better than the metal crimp connectors. I've only used copper pipes, but that system sure is a lot less work than sweating copper.
I'm about to re plumb my house with aquapex and I bought the Milwaukee expander M12. One thing I noticed in most videos and references is that they expand the tool five times for 1/2 inch and 9 times for 3/4 inch. It might be picky, but the extra expansion might have avoided your difficulty in getting some of the fittings on all the way. Also, the design of the pex a with an expansion tool allows you to use fittings such as elbows, etc without adversely affecting the flow in the pipe, since the id of the elbows is the same as the id of the pipe. Thanks for the video.
Jim Place
Well, not really. The ID of the fitting is obviously smaller than the ID of the pipe since the fitting is inserted INSIDE of the pipe. Wherever possible bend supports should be used instead of 90s for better flow and fewer total connections. Additionally, the ID of all PEX pipe, therefore the cross sectional area, is less than that of its copper counterpart. Other than some factual misinformation this is a fine video for the novice would be plumber.
Jim Place n
Jim, you are are correct, I checked the manual that came with my Dewalt DCE40-00 and made I made similar observation while watching the video. Instead of allowing a few extra cycles of the tool, one expansion after it hit the shoulder and he removed the tool. A few extra cycles with the tool and that would eliminated the struggle with the fittings.
Just a thought, you could also have mounted a drop-ear elbow to 2x4 mounted nailed on end between studs for pipes that exits the walls. This enables me to screw in a rigid CPVC or chrome plated brass nipple and a FPT 1/4-turn shut-off on the ends. You can use the chrome pipe bezels as well so you don't need to mud around them making them a little easier to replace if necessary. You can also do a drop-ear tee instead and add a water hammer arrestor in the wall there if you want to, but If a water distribution system is designed for a maximum flow rate of 8 ft./sec., you will never need a water hammer arrestor for CPVC or PEX.
thanks Shandon i use your videos to do most of my stuff including installing Windows I appreciate it.
don
good video. I have the expanding tool but prefer the SS rings....I have a wack of that pipe left over and it is ok to use standard pex rings on it as well.
Thanks for the video, your explanations are perfect. Keep up the great work!
Thank you
Holy shit, it's like they made plumbing the easiest thing in the world now. Connect a bunch of tubes, hell yea. Flipping this house of mine is going to be way easier than expected.
good luck
gtguy181 lol everyone says that and then they end up calling a real plumber. Sure running pex is easy. You still have to size it correctly which I doubt you know how to. Not trying to be rude but it's true.
Actually I have a construction education, so I kinda do. Starting with the main line and smaller lines follow. My problem is putting the education to practical use. Thats why I thought this would solve that dilemma. Its cool though, hopefully inexperience people doing this type of work look more in depth like you said.
wow... you're going to flip your house?....
can i watch????...lol
There are many online calculators to help figure out pipe size requirements. Here is one for Uponor PEX: www.uponorpro.com/calculator/
I love the Wirsbo pex system, thank you Germans! I think it is the best system on the market. I love the cordless expander tool too :)
Uponor is a Finnish company.
Great video. I'm transitioning from commercial to residential, and I need to be up to speed or at least be familiar with this method before going out on the job.
+Mark Ballard Good luck
This is soo much easier to run in that type of condition. I'm usually re-piping a home and it is a pain. First two years we only had the manual expander but now we only use the battery operated ones.
Thanks was very helpful. I love your videos.
As always very impressive knowledge sir. Thank you.
SHANNON, I THINK YOU ARE GENIUS, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I HAVE A QUESTION, WILL YOU HAVE A VIDEO ON WHEN YOU HOOK THIS SYSTEM TO KITCHEN SINK, AND A MAKE A LIST OF ALL THOSE PARTS YOU ARE USING, --- ETC ETC THANK YOU
Very good easy to understand great job.
Thanks Philip
FYI, Shaun, the corner dealies, are called, "bend-supports"
I'm becoming a big fan of yours! Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the video. Very well done.
Hi Shannon,,,great video here on the Pex,,,I hear yer "Inns and yer Oautts" yer must be from Canada I reckon.? Please keep up the good work and God Bless. DD in L.A.
Great video, thanks for sharing it
You bet
this is what i do for my job. love it
Good to love what you do everyday!
As always great video. Thank you.
Awesome video Shannon. Very well clarified with both tools and nice tips about timing and other information. lol on not your Nipple :), Great job.
thank you for making great how to video's!
Good stuff man. Thank you. I have the basic idea of how this works now and need to draw up a plan for my house. Any pointers on how to go about that would be greatly appreciated.
Very helpful. Thanks.
Shannon, thanks for the best home improvement videos! May I ask if you have any videos to introduce and help us to understand the basic house plumbing system? I would like to divide my bathroom to two, and put plumbing for another set of toliet, sink and bath. thanks!
I do have some plumbing videos.ua-cam.com/play/PLh0KqGKtX4oXU5ZuXO1ucatgPligEyDl9.html
Shannon, thanks so much for your quick reply!
In addition the ring to hold the tubes can you also use some adhesive on the manifold fittings along with the rings? Is that what they call "ubonor"
Thank you . Great video .
Great video! Thanks for making it.
Very Informative.
Thanks
Looks easy but what do u do in tight spaces?
Great job, very helpful.
How do you remove those pex rings? By cutting? (Answered at 18:40, thanks.)
Shannon -- Enjoyed the video on using the Wirsbo product but can not find a distributor locally. Do you buy your products online or have an outlet locally where you are. Also I noticed online all Propex connectors are white and I liked your colored ones then you can use all white pex pipe and cut down on the waste. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
Ya my local plumbing shop stocks this product because they use it. The more common pex pipe using the metal crimp rings is easier to find in most areas but I do prefer the aquapex.The coloured rings are nice, I do use some white/clear but the colour makes it so easy to identify and like you said I only need to haul around one type of pipe. You should be able to find this on line I'm sure
I'm still a copper guy. After doing this work for 45 years I'm not going to change....
You can retire along with copper pipe, torch, fittings, cutter and flux. I'll get 45 years of work done in 10 years.
That is a plastic ring, are sure of the connection is safe or leak free? I experienced installed pex pipe bu I was used brass ring.
Shannon, your killing me man. You have the beautiful install of uponor going on & you use a push fitting. I take your word as gospel. You're the best . But don't use pushfittingd when you can get the same ball valve in uponor or pex A , whichever you want to call it
They are not readily available here.
Good stuff. Thank you very much this is very helpful. I'm subscribing now.
You're welcome & thanks for sub'ing.
I'll just be borrowing that "old fashion" tool for a few days to finish my project. Can't believe how expensive those things are.
love the video a lot of information really appreciate it
Great video. Where did you get those colored rings ??
Great Video, very informative .. I would suggest you check local codes as the waste line looking to the left seems to far from the vent
Normally a vent has to be with in 2 feet of the trap weir and the fixture within 2 feet of the trap inlet
+Sylvan Tieger the pipe size determines the distance from the trap weir ....... 1 and a half pipe 3 foot 6 , 2 in pipe 5 feet , 3 in pipe 8 feet.
+ozarkdaredevils Not according to our local code (NYC) had their own code until recently
thats why you check your local codes
Were do you but that piping and fittings in Ontario Canada Shannon? Homedepot does not carry this type of product. Thanks
search for Uponor in your area .
Thanks Shannon,
Thanks por share your knowledge!!!
Where did you get the red and blue PEX-A expansion rings? None of the online supply stores know anything about them. I would like to color-code my supply lines with them, rather than buying entire coils of red and blue tubing that I won’t use.
Did you say 50 cents per ft ? Thanks very informative video.
new plumbing technology, thank you ...
not really new but newer
yep been dealing with this crap for over 15 years...
squirrels love the stuff...
don't let them in your attic....talk about a flood...lol
I have not noticed a real difference , I will have to pay more attention next job.
Shannon, it appeared that the manual stretching tool stretched the plastic connecting ring more than the Milwaulkee tool. It sure didn't look easy with that cordless tool. Did you share this video with Milwaulkee? I'm hesitant to getting the cordless tool after watching your video. What about the stainless cinching ring. Ever tried them?
+Robert B both tools work fine. I have used the cinch rings but not the stainless ones. The cinch set up is usually cheaper.
+Robert B I noticed this too -- however the Milwaukee M12 ProPex manual suggests 7-8 expansions for 1/2" pex. Shannon did mostly 4 expansions. If you look for the time he did 5, you can see it went on much easier and seated further down on the fitting. I know some people do suggest less numbers of expansions in the colder weather.
Yes agree with RCSStillwater, where to get color rings?, in Sweden there are only clear rings, though i could be wrong.
+Topias Kauppinen The colored rings seem not to be available everywhere I am finding out through some other comments.
Wonder what secures those copper stub outs for the sink supply?Looks like they are loose.
Great tutorial video!
I am installing a new bathroom laundry and kitchen using pex. This is a single story with attic space and unheated crawl space below. Is it better to run the plumbing through the attic and down the studs, or under the floor and up, or can I feed through the studs?
I guess it depends a bit on your climate, in most cold climates an attic is much to cold. The usual way would be through from a basement or crawl space and also through the walls. Of course the crawl space can not get to cold either .
Thank you for getting back. That is the problem. I am in southern Ontario about level with Green Bay WI. the crawl space is really cold as I do not have solid foundation walls, just pillars and wood skirting backed by ridged foam so I would have to heat it or blow in insulation over the pipes. through the studs means going around corners and I still have to reach the far side of an open concept kitchen. so I have to go up and over or down and back up the wall. I will figure it out but probably get a plumber in to do that part.
1:55 I thought you were teaching us about Plumbing Shannon?
I'm a master plumber and I use stainless steel crimp sleeves. never had a leak. I had the worsbo rep come out and we raced. I did 20 crimp sleeves to his 7. way faster using the stainless crimp sleeves. plus it's 10 cents more a foot for the worsbo pex. and I do 1800 feet average on a house using pex. plus they don't have red or blue or white pex it's all clear?
The video was great but you show the Wisbro PrpPex with a Sharkbite ball valve fitting. I wantede to do that but when I contacted Sharkbite they told me that they did not guarantee Sharkbite fittings on Wisbro Propex. Any thoughts?
Wow that is news to me! My supplier has never said anything like that to me, and they sell me both products. I'll have to check that out
One day shark bite, tectite, and all the snap in fitting will be removed by the boatload. A rubber boring is what keeps it water right. My dad made a living off replacing washers in antique faucets. Outings and washers fail. Period. Want to go compression? Then go brass ferrel and nut. Propex/uponor/wirsbro all are great and I can't say anything bad about it. The plastic fittings .... But beyond my opinioni have never had a problem. It's the details of any install that make the difference. Not just this pipe or that pipe. Support, sleeving, neat and orderly circuits, and rational use of material and man hours. Not just pipe.