How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
Welcome back to the garage to apartment or condo.
conversion. In this episode we'' re mosting likely to be working with supply pipes. We''
ve. selected PEX for our medium, and also this will certainly be my very first time collaborating with it, so if you''
ve. never ever used it either, we can find out together; as well as if you'' re an experienced pro, please include any kind of.
helpful ideas and also techniques to the remarks. PEX tubing is relatively versatile so it can be.
run almost like circuitry. We prepare the most convenient paths for our tubing and mark where we.
want them to go through the framework. Then we simply drill holes. We attempt to drill the openings as close to.
the center of the studs as possible, as well as pull the tubing through. We had actually intended on making use of half.
inch tubing for whatever, however midway via the setup.
we determined it simply appeared undersized, so we switched to three quarter inch for the major.
lines with fifty percent inch branching from components. Duh. Below I'' m mounting the blocking.
for the shower ell rough-in. It'' s usually situated just. over 6 feet from the flooring, but moring than six feet myself, I.
favor to mount them a bit greater. We place the ell to ensure that it will certainly be.
flush with the back of the wall covering.Laying out all the
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
installations for. the work in some kind of order makes them much easier to find when you need them. PEX installations are simple to mount and. there are a pair of ways to install them. We selected the means with the most affordable devices. With.
this approach you slide the band over the tubes, press your suitable into the tubes, then.
kink the band with a ratcheting crimper. Connection done. This is where the sink supply will be. You.
put on'' t have to utilize copper such as this, yet we think it looks far better, and also it makes it less complicated.
to change shutoffs in the future if one falls short. We'' re going to use this Delta.
Multichoice for our shower valve.It ought to
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
How To Install PEX Plumbing | Garage To Apartment Conversion | Episode 13
lie regarding 48 inches from the.
floor (28 inches if found in a tub). As much as the depth goes, that takes a little.
figuring. You desire the black ring to be flush with the ended up shower wall, so we include the.
depth of our valve, minus the thickness of the drywall as well as tile setup. That'' s. exactly how far from the stud face it need to go. Currently we prep our shower-valve to receive PEX. Because we will certainly not have a tub spout,.
we can cap off the bottom connection. We utilize Teflon tape or string.
sealer on all threaded connections. The commode stub-out ought to be approximately.
six inches to the left of the drain, and 7 inches over the finished floor. We thought we'' d save some money by making use of several of this colored PEX my father had.
kept in his crawl-space. To make the branches per component, we.
need only to T right into the proper lines. We safeguard the tubing to the studs generally to.
avoid it from moving from water-hammer. We found that PEX becomes brittle.
also when saved out of UV light. After this discovery we chose.
we'' d possibly never ever use PEX again.We had to draw out and also replace. all of the tinted tubing.
The bands we utilized were hard to leave. This device was truly implied for a different. kind of band. Some people claim all you require is a screwdriver or something to tear the. band apart, however it is still not very easy. Feels like it ' s loose.
Well I recognize that it ' s it'' s really. probably made for those other ports.
Perhaps we need to readjust this. so we can press even more, since it ' s bottoming out. I ' m pressing. it'to right there and it ' s bottoming
out. I presume if you quit when it ' s right through.So when you did it'prior to with.
that they came right out off? It was the other kind. You know the solid. ones? They have to be a softer product.
Currently we attach our brand-new PEX system to. our primary polyethylene supply line. We attempted this plastic installation to start with, however it seemed difficult not to go across string it. We ' ll return to that. These wafer-head screws function much better. for protecting the copper brackets.
The sink supply stub-outs must be. about 20 to 24 inches from the flooring
. Try second of the poly to PEX change. For the cleaning equipment shutoffs we utilized. this simple to install Sharkbite kit.
You merely press televisions into the links. Here ' s the suitable the hardware store affiliate. recommended to make the poly to PEX shift. Attempt number 3. With all the stub-outs currently installed we ' re. all set to pressurize'the system with water. We ' ll solution this in another video'. If you appreciated this video clip or discovered it helpful in. some method, please consider hitting the like switch, and also as constantly, thanks for enjoying and also. we intend to see y ' all in the following one.