Found 2 leaks this morning in my hot water pex line. one pinhole, one larger and significant pinhole. only 32 degrees last night. What's the best way to fix them? do I replace all my pex lines? I'm reading online that uponor red and blue pex are trash
>>2889102Should be easy to cut out and slap a sharkbite or some connector in there.
>>2889102I put in a valve a few minutes ago. It took longer to turn on the light switch and remember where I put the valve. I didn't have one last year when I did the outdoor spigot and it's now getting cold.Background. I have frost-free 10" spigots, but one line runs under a concrete porch and would not 100% effective.
>>2889108This. Stuff is easy as shit to work with, as long as you cut and deburr the end of the pex, so it gets a good seal on the sharkbite connector, but do you know the reason for the leak? Physical damage or freezing or what? You might fix one point and start popping lines, elsewhere.
>>2889102Look for evidence of mice, Anon. I hear tell that they like to chew on it, sometimes.t. have to replumb my house and am scared of this happening to me
>>2889102>>2889108>>2889227Don't use sharkbites
>>2889102> that uponor red and blue pex are trashWhy are they trash though? I think there may have been a bad batch of red recently, and before that (decades) there was some bad elbows.Freeze/thaw cycle issue?Water hammer/movement wore a hole through it?
>>2889373Post proof as to why. I installed one that lasted ten years in my ast house. L
>>2889537They're garbage fittings that leak in a few years. Occasionally they'll last a decade, but it's a lot cheaper and easier to use proper fittings. If I see a sharkbite then I know the last person who worked on the plumbing was a retard and I replace them with proper fittings like a responsible adult.
>>2889630sharkbite fittings are fine if installed correctly and will easily last beyond a decade. there's a reason they have 25 year warranties.
>>2889630You do you, but i spent a large part of last year doing maintenance for some awful landlords. Got to see a lot of failures.Something that stands out is in less than a year I saw two different failures where the crimped connection popped and the shark bite within a foot held. Take it how you will, but a pro moving too fast fails just as often if not more than an amateur with a sharkbite in my experience
>>2889687>>2889688Comparing improperly installed crimp rings to properly installed sharkbites is just a cope. Crimp rings are trivial to install, trivial to check, and last as long as the pipe. Sharkbites are garbage and you should feel bad about using them.
>>2889687This. Pretty sure it's plumbers losing out on their $250/hr, 2 hr minimum talking about how shit sharkbites are. I've had some installed for over 10 years now, they're fine. I might replace them soon just to be safe, I'll still be $480 ahead of the bullshit plumbers prices.
