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alhurley
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well, we have the master bath gutted, and just when I thought I knew what I was doing, I get conflicting opinions and confusions from too much reading and asking a question (or 2) down at Homer's. So here it is in a capsule (well, sort of ).
It's a fairly small bath (5x10), with shower, toilet, and single sink. Not really moving anything from original, but new plumbing for shower, and don't like how they did the sink so replace that. Currently everything is 1/2" copper from 3/4" supply lines. Another bath (main, in hall) backs up to this one and shares supply to tub; this bath to be remodeled much later.
My thinking is to replace the 1/2" (they used tubing, not pipe) to new shower and vanity with 3/4" from the 3/4" supply lines, using rigid copper. Would leave the 1/2" to other bath tub/shower alone for now (connect to new 3/4 with reducer).
So the first thing I run into is - RED or BLUE?? It's been a while since I've done this, and I thought thinwall (red) was fine for residential. But the guy at homer's says "if it's inside the wall you want to use BLUE." I dunno - but the stuff they used 30 yrs ago was flex tubing, so even red seems to be an upgrade.
TIA!!
It's a fairly small bath (5x10), with shower, toilet, and single sink. Not really moving anything from original, but new plumbing for shower, and don't like how they did the sink so replace that. Currently everything is 1/2" copper from 3/4" supply lines. Another bath (main, in hall) backs up to this one and shares supply to tub; this bath to be remodeled much later.
My thinking is to replace the 1/2" (they used tubing, not pipe) to new shower and vanity with 3/4" from the 3/4" supply lines, using rigid copper. Would leave the 1/2" to other bath tub/shower alone for now (connect to new 3/4 with reducer).
So the first thing I run into is - RED or BLUE?? It's been a while since I've done this, and I thought thinwall (red) was fine for residential. But the guy at homer's says "if it's inside the wall you want to use BLUE." I dunno - but the stuff they used 30 yrs ago was flex tubing, so even red seems to be an upgrade.
TIA!!