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Default Experiences with, opinions on "Shark Bite" pipe fittings?

On Nov 29, 9:45*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Nov 29, 7:47*am, "Stormin Mormon"





wrote:
Clare Should have opened wider, the oxygen to the brain might have
allowed Clare to get the joke.


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"RicodJour"
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On Nov 28, 9:17 pm, wrote:


As long as the fitting doesn't leak, non of the flouride will ever
see any parts that will corrode - assuming you still have
flouridated
water. In Waterloo region the last municipal election, which had a
turnout of some 40%, had a plebecite on flouridation and by a 1%
margin of that low turnout, flouride was shut off.


It was a son-of-a-dentist joke. *Corroding teeth in the Sharkbite...?
Fluoride in the water? *Sigh. *Nevemind. *


R


They are pretty handy for joining different types of plumbing. *I used
a couple to connect cpvc to pex. *I don't see any advantage to them
for cpvc or pvc as both are easily glued. *I'm guessing the big sale
point is for people with copper pipe that can't solder. *Or just get
tired of trying to get all the water out so they can solder.- Hide quoted text -

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....or need to work in very tight spaces like a joist bay-rim joist
area. BTDT

....or need to work near combustible materials.

....or are just in a hurry. BTDT