Pex To Copper Valve

Most water fixtures such as tubs sinks and showers have individual shut off valves located somewhere nearby.

Pex to copper valve.

Apollopex barb fittings are a key component of the most economical potable water piping systems. Sharkbite 10 pack 1 2 in dia brass pex tee crimp fitting. Push fit valves also called push to connect allow to install a pex shut off valve without using any pex. If you wish you can install a push fit ball valve instead of a straight connector to provide a convenient shutoff for this section of the water supply system.

4 run a 1 2 inch pex water pipe to the fitting and connect it by pushing the tubing. Pex x copper type valves are similar to the above but have one of the sides adapted to the installation of copper pipe. Sharkbite 1 2 in dia brass pex drop ear elbow crimp fitting. Solder a copper to pex transition fitting onto the end of the stub out that faces down then let the pipe cool.

If you don t want to bother with soldering opt for a sharkbite fitting. Repeat with the opposite end of the repair area joining the pex to the copper pipe with another push fit straight connector. Brass pex barb x 1 2 in. If you use a manifold and home run system it s like running a garden hose to each fixture super fast and easy.

Chrome plated brass pex barb x 3 8 in. Pex offers a central shutoff. Brass pex barb x the apollopex 1 2 in. Quick lesson on uponor aquapex and copper water supply fittings.

A pex supply won t corrode. Female copper sweat adapter is simple to install and is designed as an economical solution for the transtion from copper tubing to pex tubing. Follow me on instagram. Demonstrations on each how to connect pex to copper pipe.

But even if you install pex fittings in a conventional main line and branch system the connections are quicker to make than soldering copper. The apollopex 1 2 in. These valves allow to transition between pex and copper and are often used in combination with copper manifolds. Pex fittings are faster to install than copper.

Also capable of integration into hydronic heating systems apollopex. As described above this fitting can accommodate a copper pipe on one side and a pex.