TGreenway
New Member
First, I consider myself a decent "DIY", but not really crazy about plumbing.
My hose bib broke where you screw the hose on, (to tight maybe?), and I need to replace it. Very easy access under my house, and what I found was that the hose bib is stubbed with about 8" copper, and then connected to PEX with a sweated on connector that is crimped to the PEX. I've never done anything with PEX, and was wondering if it was safe to sweat the old copper bib assembly from the copper connector that is crimped to the PEX. I assume that originally you would sweat the connector to the copper and then connect to the PEX....in short, is it safe to sweat a copper/PEX joing?
Maybe a better option would be to build a new hose bib assembly, maybe
12", buy a crimper, cut the PEX and reconnect....always looking for a reason to buy a new tool.
My hose bib broke where you screw the hose on, (to tight maybe?), and I need to replace it. Very easy access under my house, and what I found was that the hose bib is stubbed with about 8" copper, and then connected to PEX with a sweated on connector that is crimped to the PEX. I've never done anything with PEX, and was wondering if it was safe to sweat the old copper bib assembly from the copper connector that is crimped to the PEX. I assume that originally you would sweat the connector to the copper and then connect to the PEX....in short, is it safe to sweat a copper/PEX joing?
Maybe a better option would be to build a new hose bib assembly, maybe
12", buy a crimper, cut the PEX and reconnect....always looking for a reason to buy a new tool.