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Got it. Thanks to you both.

Thanks for the reply. So you are saying replace the male 3/8 threaded portion of the shutoff with 1/2 using the sleeve puller? Where do I find the 1/2 threaded portion if that is the case. Or, are...

In my bathroom I have 3/8 quarter turn shutoffs attached to Wirsbo pex all set for a sink. I have a kiddie pedestal sink with kiddie faucet to install. The faucet comes with 1/2" braided supply...

Thanks very much. It pained me to think of having another gate valve because code required it.

The main shutoff on my house needs to be replaced. It is an old gate valve. Under code can I replace it with a ball valve or is it rrequired to be a full-bore gate valve? Thanks as always.

What is an expansion tank and how would it be used in this instance?

My house is old galvanized pipe which I am considering having repiped using Wirsbo pex. In the course of getting a couple of estimates I forgot to ask a question I have been wondering about. My...

Thanks. I have filed you away for my future engineering questions for you may have noticed that I am not one.

Let's say that one foot of galvanized pipe in a galvanized plumbing system is removed. The previous system was bonded through the water service entrance. Once that one foot of galvanized pipe is...

I have been reading some of the posts about grounding after installing pex. If an existing galvanized system were grounded to the cold water main where it enters the house couldn't the old...

Thanks. Something to think about.

We get a couple of freezing days a year. Sometimes in the 20s for a few hours.

I haven't really thought of this but just read about it on this forum. I have Wirsbo Pex running through an uninsulated crawlspace in southern AZ. Is it worth insulating the supply lines running...

Thanks for the replies.

After shutting off the water, how do you completely drain the supply lines of a one story house? There really are no faucets or spigots that are significantly lower in elevation than the others. ...

I am set on using top quality pex and top quality fittings, the best I can find. Quality of connections and the system that will be most suited for installation from a crawlspace beneath the house. ...

After Wirsbo Aquapex and propex fittings what is the consensus on the next best brands? I am pondering a galvanized repipe in a crawlspace under the house and am shopping around for ideas. I live...

If using a home run system with pex are individual shutoffs still required at each fixture if the manifold is easily accessable? What if a flow through manifold is used to connect say a sink and...

That makes sense. What would you run to the toilet 3/8"? The current water main comes directly out of the ground where it meets the front of my house goes up about 10" makes a 90 degree bend and...

I am in the planning stages of a repipe of my single story house with mostly old galvanized pipe. As I look at the 3 main designs (trunk and branch, home run and remote manifold) I am wondering why...

The water meter is actually at the curb and I do actually have a grounding rod. The electrical system has been updated much more recently than the plumbing. All I see is a straight shot of about...

I guess a call to my local plumbing inspector would answer these questions but where is the fun in that?

I have a 1938 home in AZ that I have lived in for 5 years. About half the house has been...

Thanks. Like most things there just isn't an easy fix.

I am curious about the pros and cons of pipe relining. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of previous discussion here. I don't know all that much about it other than the pipes are sandblasted...

Thanks for the advice. It worked like a champ. Also, thanks for your patience as I now see that you have already answered the same question several hundred times.