On 3/14/2015 1:44 PM, Ron wrote:


I know a tobacco chewing plumber friend who once told me he'd never use
anything but copper. Well he's changed his mind. The tools needed aren't
that costly, about the same as a good torch & pipe cutters. Anyway, thanks
for the info that I picked up. Soldering next to pex pipe doesn't look
like a wise thing to do.........just hate copper compression fittings
though.

How close to the PEX? You can melt it at 230F or more, but you won't
start a fire with it.