hhcibtpaun
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Hey Folks,
I am redoing the plumbing in a 75 year old house. A local plumber claimed it might be wise to go PEX, since there is acidic water in the area. He did not want to do it, but was offering the advice, since I have the walls in the bathroom and kitchen to the studs. So, I decided to go that route. I am just planning things and figuring out what I need to get the job done. While searching the web I stumbled onto the Supply Boxes for the lavatory, toilet, kitchen, etc. Immediately I was like I need these, then after reading some reviews it seems like it may be hard to replace the valves if they go, or any possible leaks may not be visible since they are in the walls???
I saw some comments for 5 or 6 years ago. Any current thoughts on using these? I thought of maybe buying blank boxes and running some stubs through the box and having the connections visible in the boxes. Not as clean, but maybe clean enough. It seems like maybe the Moda boxes are serviceable (replacing valves), where the Ox Box ones may not be?
Do I need to worry about the PEX (1960) joints failing in the wall. I bought the Milwaukee tool, so I am hoping that lends itself to making good joints.
Right now I see three options:
1. Just stub out as normal.
2. Buy the cool supply box kits (either Moda or Ox Box)
3. Buy the blanks supply boxes and fashion together a stub out in them so I can see the connections.
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks...Mike
I am redoing the plumbing in a 75 year old house. A local plumber claimed it might be wise to go PEX, since there is acidic water in the area. He did not want to do it, but was offering the advice, since I have the walls in the bathroom and kitchen to the studs. So, I decided to go that route. I am just planning things and figuring out what I need to get the job done. While searching the web I stumbled onto the Supply Boxes for the lavatory, toilet, kitchen, etc. Immediately I was like I need these, then after reading some reviews it seems like it may be hard to replace the valves if they go, or any possible leaks may not be visible since they are in the walls???
I saw some comments for 5 or 6 years ago. Any current thoughts on using these? I thought of maybe buying blank boxes and running some stubs through the box and having the connections visible in the boxes. Not as clean, but maybe clean enough. It seems like maybe the Moda boxes are serviceable (replacing valves), where the Ox Box ones may not be?
Do I need to worry about the PEX (1960) joints failing in the wall. I bought the Milwaukee tool, so I am hoping that lends itself to making good joints.
Right now I see three options:
1. Just stub out as normal.
2. Buy the cool supply box kits (either Moda or Ox Box)
3. Buy the blanks supply boxes and fashion together a stub out in them so I can see the connections.
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks...Mike