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Posted by kellyj00@gmail.com on December 21, 2006, 11:20 am
I plan to replace a good portion of galvanized Pipe with PEX. I've
read a few articles on the subject, and it looks fairly straight
forward... unscrew the old pipe, put on a threaded plastic connector
and attach PEX to it.
How likely is it that my 1965 built house's pipes will break under me
trying to unscrew them? If one breaks I'll have to buy a set of dies
and rethread the darned thing, and I really don't want to do that.
Also, is this a job a fella can really do himself? Or should I just
pay the $2,000 to have a plumber do it?
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Posted by on December 21, 2006, 11:33 am
On 21 Dec 2006 08:20:54 -0800, "kellyj00@gmail.com"
>I plan to replace a good portion of galvanized Pipe with PEX. I've
>read a few articles on the subject, and it looks fairly straight
>forward... unscrew the old pipe, put on a threaded plastic connector
>and attach PEX to it.
>
>How likely is it that my 1965 built house's pipes will break under me
>trying to unscrew them? If one breaks I'll have to buy a set of dies
>and rethread the darned thing, and I really don't want to do that.
>
>Also, is this a job a fella can really do himself? Or should I just
>pay the $2,000 to have a plumber do it?
A lot depends on the condition of the pipe. If you are replacing it
all you only really care about the first joint.
One tip. At that joint make sure the plastic is the male and the metal
a female, perhaps even a brass/bronze connector. If you thread steel
into plastic it will split the plastic after a while.
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Posted by Grandpa on December 21, 2006, 11:42 am
kellyj00@gmail.com wrote:
> I plan to replace a good portion of galvanized Pipe with PEX. I've
> read a few articles on the subject, and it looks fairly straight
> forward... unscrew the old pipe, put on a threaded plastic connector
> and attach PEX to it.
>
> How likely is it that my 1965 built house's pipes will break under me
> trying to unscrew them? If one breaks I'll have to buy a set of dies
> and rethread the darned thing, and I really don't want to do that.
>
> Also, is this a job a fella can really do himself? Or should I just
> pay the $2,000 to have a plumber do it?
>
Last month we replaced all the piping in my son's old house with PEX.
We went from the water meter to the last hose bib. Required a day to dig
a 70 foot trench from the water meter to the house, and another day to
run the pipe and fittings. Total cost was under $500, but that was
because he had cheap access to the crimp tools (borrowed over the
weekend from a plumber friend). He had complete access from under the
house, so it was fairly easy. The crimper is going to be your biggest
single expense.
Suggestions - run 3/4 PEX as much as you can, you will appreciate the
flow. Second, if you're going to do it, replace it all at once, the
effort involved will keep you from ever wanting to do it again.
--
Grandpa
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Posted by # Fred # on December 21, 2006, 12:29 pm
and another day to run the pipe and fittings.
Wow, just one day? I re-pipe mine with copper and it took a few days with
just one guy. Did you open up the walls to get to the showers, tubs, sink
fixtures and hot water heater too?
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Posted by Grandpa on December 21, 2006, 1:25 pm
# Fred # wrote:
> and another day to run the pipe and fittings.
>
> Wow, just one day? I re-pipe mine with copper and it took a few days with
> just one guy. Did you open up the walls to get to the showers, tubs, sink
> fixtures and hot water heater too?
>
Was way too lucky on that. Deep crawl space under the house made access
easy. Pulled the old galvanized out and used the sill plate holes to run
the PEX in. Existing access doors for behind the tub, lavatory and
commode meant we didn't have to open up a single wall.
--
Grandpa
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