Rayh78
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Used ½ and ¾ PEX for years and never a problem. Use with crimp rings.
Recently bought a used 1” crimper tool. Am Using viega brand pipe and rings.
Anyways I seem to have a hard time making a normal crimp. 50% of the time the ring is at an angle after the crimp. Rings do seem to have a little too much play in them before the crimp than what I am used to. Tried a different brand ring and same thing.
Is 1” that much harder to use? Might have had this happen and made a bad crimp with the other sizes one out of a 100 crimps.
Maybe have a problem with the tool?
Don’t use the home run method. But thought I would start running 1” PEX from main shut off to a tee were I would branch off with ¾” going to the water heater and then to the cold runs.
Thinking this would be better for volume of water.
But my questions is. Has anybody had a problem crimping 1" pex? Almost sure it is a problem with these used crimpers.
Thanks for suggestions
Recently bought a used 1” crimper tool. Am Using viega brand pipe and rings.
Anyways I seem to have a hard time making a normal crimp. 50% of the time the ring is at an angle after the crimp. Rings do seem to have a little too much play in them before the crimp than what I am used to. Tried a different brand ring and same thing.
Is 1” that much harder to use? Might have had this happen and made a bad crimp with the other sizes one out of a 100 crimps.
Maybe have a problem with the tool?
Don’t use the home run method. But thought I would start running 1” PEX from main shut off to a tee were I would branch off with ¾” going to the water heater and then to the cold runs.
Thinking this would be better for volume of water.
But my questions is. Has anybody had a problem crimping 1" pex? Almost sure it is a problem with these used crimpers.
Thanks for suggestions
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