Sharkbite plumbing fittings - a bad idea?
On 1/10/2019 10:53 PM, croy wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:14:04 GMT, Dave S m
wrote:
replying to Smarty, Dave S wrote:
All the answers I read here are worthy - there are good reasons to sweat and
to use push on's --- My comment for all is that I remodeled to remove a bar
faucet in a family room 19 years ago, and closed the supply - hot and cold -
with shark bite end caps -- no problem so far - pretty comfortable with them,
and used them again 5 years ago in a bath remodel - still perfect. They've
been around too long to be faulty without all of us DIYers not hearing about
it.
They use o-rings to seal, correct? If so, what is the o-ring material?
I read one concern that the elastomer used to make the O-ring might be
degraded over the years by the chlorine in the city water.
I worry about building materials that might degrade over decades. I
heard that copper pipes are good for about 60 years. Our well water is
said to accelerate ageing but mine are 45 years old and still going. A
next door neighbor had his copper replaced with PEX and after he moved
the new owner found that all the connections were leaking and needed to
be replaced. They probably were not Sharkbites as they are more
expensive and I think they have been around for 18 years.
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