Treygrey
New Member
Could someone advise on how I should test my pex water supply for a bathroom remodel? The city inspector says 200lbs of water using a hydrostatic pump. I think a local rental place has a pump I can rent, something like this?
But how to do the test? I have a home run layout running from two four-way copper manifold for hot and cold, with shut off valves separating the manifolds from the existing plumbing. I use three of the manifold connections for the cold supply (shower, wc, lav) and two for the hot (lav, shower) so I have connections available for the test, if necessary.
I'm thinking that the correct way to test would be to
1) cap off the ends of the lines
2) Attach pump to spare connection on cold manifold
3) Open valve to fill system
4) Close valve
5) Pump to 200lbs
Repeat 2 - 5 for hot manifold
Thank you for your help.
But how to do the test? I have a home run layout running from two four-way copper manifold for hot and cold, with shut off valves separating the manifolds from the existing plumbing. I use three of the manifold connections for the cold supply (shower, wc, lav) and two for the hot (lav, shower) so I have connections available for the test, if necessary.
I'm thinking that the correct way to test would be to
1) cap off the ends of the lines
2) Attach pump to spare connection on cold manifold
3) Open valve to fill system
4) Close valve
5) Pump to 200lbs
Repeat 2 - 5 for hot manifold
Thank you for your help.