Some advice from a retired plumber...
If PEX (cross linked polyethylene) is legal in NC seriously consider
using it. You can run a separate line from a manifold to *each fixture*
cheaper, quicker and easier than you can do copper. This has the added
advantage of being able to control the flow to each water supply of each
fixture from a valve located on the manifold without having to kill the
whold water system - plus you can start out by running the supply piping
to just your bathroom so you can easily have water while you're
completing the remainder of your repairs. Unlike CPVC (chlorinate
polyvinyl chloride) rigid plastic piping, PEX is flexible so you need
few or no fittings except those you need to terminate at the manifold or
at the faucet/fixture and if you have "aggressive" water, which may
attack and weaken copper piping, PEX is neutral and won't be degraded by
aggressive water.
Just my nickel's worth...
-p
On 2/4/2012 10:41 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
... of mine, been broke a thousand times.
Apologies to the Isley Brothers. Day 7 of the emergency kitchen remodel:
Tearing cabinetry out so I can tear the wall out so I can replace the
kitchen sink drainpipe is kind of at a standstill.
Before I can continue that portion of the work, I've got to cut off the
kitchen water supply. Which means I have to turn off the water to the
whole house. Because the whole house is one zone & the water supply
plumbing is a part galvanized steel and part copper hodge-podge I need
to go ahead and replace it. I don't want to, but that's the quickest way
of getting water restored in the bathroom.
I have to have a new water supply all ready to install once I start
cutting out the old pipes, so that's what I'm doing now; pre-fabbing the
piping for the new water supply. It's going to be all copper & zoned
with cut-off valves when I get through with it. I know there are plastic
systems that are cheaper (in every sense of the word), but I know how to
sweat copper, so that's what I'm going with.
I just had to get out of my work area for a few minutes to let a joint
cool without fidgeting with it.
The only "good" part is I don't have to bust up any concrete floors in
the basement to get to any of the pipes.
I figure I'll finish pre-fabbing sometime tonight and be ready to cut
the water off first thing in the morning. I intend to time all the work
with the water off so that Home Depot will be open if (when) I find out
I've forgotten some critical component.
Hopefully by Monday, I'll be ready to get into that wall.
Back to work. TTFN
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