yes indeed! New water filter under the kitchen sink; supply to the new bathroom sink, and feed to the toilet. Just don't over tighten, as some of those can harm the pipe.
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, jim wrote: > all i can say about these is wow! > > last night my pump started running. > hmmm no water on, oh no. > going down in the basement i hear this hissing, again, oh no. > > yep one of my copper pipes sprung a leak. > grrrrr > OK fill up the water jug and a sink for washing hands then close the valve > and the hissing stops. > well i lucked out, the hole was in a very accessible spot. > remembering a friend of mine changing out an old valve with the new shark > bite valves i wondered if they made just connectors to join 2 pipes together. > so calling the local ace hardware i find out that yes they do. > so bright and early off to the store we go and for the happy price of $7 i > get one. > and the silly little plastic piece used to disconnect the connector if you > want to for $2. > > come back home and get a tubing cutter out i find the hole and put the > cutter on it and start twisting. > hmmm, i look as i am cutting and do i see a nice cut line? > nope the darn cutter is walking down the tube, grrr. > tossing that one in the trash i look and find another one i new i had. > thank you dad for never tossing anything out. > > so back to the pipe and now i have to cut out the ruined piece of tubing. > luckily i have enough play in the pipe to cut out more than the piece with > the hole. > > ok so all edges square and sanded to remove burs. > then all you do is slide the connector on one end of the pipe till it bottoms > out, then pull the other pipe over and stuff it in to the other end and > firmly slide it in there till it too bottoms out. > turn on the water and wow, no leaks. > hot dam all done and no soldering or plumbers needed. > > this is the very thing any person with a tubing problem needs. > they work on copper, PVC and pex. > the bag said so. > > they have all the fittings from valves to elbows and tees. > > a little spendy but hey i didn't burn down the house trying to sweat pipes > together. > Jim in Minnesota > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
