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Default sliding PEX onto compression fitting

On 9/12/2015 8:32 PM, John Somerset wrote:
On 9/12/15 10:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/12/2015 8:59 PM, John Somerset wrote:



He has been in the business all his life. He keeps his tools hanging at
the store because he has several houses and never knows when a tenant
may have a plumbing emergency. He knows plumbers but it's been so long
since he needed one, that he doesn't know what they charge these days.

People can buy plumbing supplies cheaper at big stores, but he does a
thriving business because he'll give them advice they can count on. I'll
take his word over yours.


OK, but I've never heard of using heat for pex. I just tried to find
some information, but I could not find heat being used on a pex fitting.


I searched, too, and found nothing. The force used in demos of Flair-It
fittings was my first clue that they are different. In one video, the
demonstrator removed the tubing by flexing sharply. It snapped as if the
fixture had broken. Under most conditions, I think a connection like that would
stay tight with no nut.


Note to moderator: Please suspend the posting privileges of Oren and
philo. It will improve the group, and they need incentive to join a
twelve-step program.


I guess you can add me to that list. I'm all for the 12 step program.
Yep, two 6 packs is a good start.


That's a terrible habit! Those twelve steps to the bathroom in the dark can be
dangerous. How would you feel if one morning you discovered that you had peed
where you did not intend to pee?

I recommend 5 quarts of ale instead. The bottles make dandy urine receptacles
so you won't have to get out of bed.


How would you feel if one morning you discovered that you had CONSUMED one
of the "empty" bottles that had been storing your pee?

For accuracy, you may want to invest in a
laser sight. Howard Hughes saved his bottles, but that would entail the danger
of drinking from the wrong bottle in the future.

Note to moderator: Please disregard Ed's request. A man who can hold his liquor
is not a problem drinker.