Repair Copper Pipe Leaks with PEX A (Super FAST)
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- See how to repair copper pipe leaks using PEX A or cold expansion. If you're doing a bathroom remodel and need help, enroll in Home Repair Tutor's online courses at www.homerepairtutor.com/ 👍🏼
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0:00 Copper pipe leak overview
0:36 How to remove toilet shutoff valve
0:48 How to remove leaky copper pipes
1:03 How to prep copper pipes before soldering
1:29 How to solder PEX A female adapters to copper pipes
2:01 How to use PEX A to fix copper pipe leaks
These supplies were used in our video:
AutoCut Copper Pipe Cutter
Uponor PEX A Pipe
Milwaukee M12 Expansion Tool
Uponor ProPEX Brass Tee Fitting
Uponor ProPEX Brass 90-Degree Fitting
Uponor ProPEX Brass Female Adapter (1/2")
Uponor ProPEX Rings
Ridgid Reamer
Oatey Nylon Grit Pad
Oatey H20 Water Soluble Flux
Oatey Safe Flo Solder
PEX A Pipe Cutter
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Excellent video - 1. concise and to the point directions, clear references to tools and standards, 2. neat video and narration, 3. great example on a well done job, planning and execution!
Been using pex a for my old house. Super easy
Great video nice clean job keep up the good work...
got it!! 5-6 expansion for 1/2 inch pet a pipe.
Thank you for the great video and explanation! Question … How best to measure PEX A pipe length between two fixed points? How much to subtract from the measurement for the rings? Longer distances have more flexibility but when the distance is short measuring becomes ore important
Sweet! Now all I need is my Milwaukee M12 Expansion tool...as soon as I find my Flux Capacitor.
Don’t forget the extra plutonium 😂
Very good 👍🏻
thank you
Great video. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
You can use the 3/4" or 1" expansion rings instead of hose clamps when repairing garden hoses, and same with air compressor hoses, and drip irrigation lines 👍
very cool 👍🏼🔥🔥
Would never use expansion rings on an air compressor line. Maybe a smaller one for an air brush, but not for anything with more pressure than that.
Your other ideas, like the garden hose repair though; great thinking!
How long does the M12 expander batteries last typically? How many fittings can you expand for on a single charge?
I just replaced my waste vent which was the thin copper. For years I would get a small smell of sewer gas but couldn't find a leak. I took the tile and wall off where the vent was and it looked like swiss cheese. I immediately switched it out with schedule 30 PVC pipe. If I could show you pictures I would, it was bad.
Great video👍
that’s crazy right! Great job making the fix, have you had any issues since?
@@HomeRepairTutor absolutely not. Smell is gone. I had a little leak where the pipe that looks like an octopus (?) where all the pipes meet leaked a little. I put metal patch repair into it and it's all good.
How do you replace the 1 1/2-2" sink drains in the wall? Mine go through the studs..... Those are copper too 🙄🙄🙄
@@seasparrow7427 you could remove them down to the lowest point then rebuild them using a Fernco coupling and schedule 40 PVC
@@HomeRepairTutor I tried to look for an email to contact you. I couldn't find one so I'll ask you here(maybe someone else has this question too). I want to build my 3 panel medicine cabinet/mirror into the wall(recess it) which is a non bearing wall. I'll have to remove 3 wall studs to do this. Do I need to make a support frame since I'm removing the studs? Single story home. And I'm trying to look for a video that shows how to frame it and can't find it... Do I need to make headers for it since I'm cutting out 3 studs?
@@seasparrow7427 good structural question and to be in the safe side, yes, add a header like you’d do for a window 👍🏼🔥
NICE
thank you, hopefully it was helpful 👍🏼🔥
Excellent video, however you probably should have bored larger stud holes before passing the Pex pipe through to allow for movement and eliminate any possibility of chaffing failure and noise.
totally understand, I need to take out the copper above this bathroom, so at that point I’ll be doing that for the double top plate. The other holes had additional space for expansion
Great video! I have quick question. Those brass fittings such 90 or T, are those pex A specific fitting or any brass fittings can be used?
Those are specific to PEX A, I use Uponor fittings
@@HomeRepairTutor thank you very much for the answer. You and your team do great work.
Good quick video, but pex water line outside the wall ain't legal.
Can I use PEX B brass fiitings on PEX A or are they compatible for both PEX tubbing?
unfortunately you need PEX A fittings since they’re bigger than PEX B
I wonder if there is a sharkbite connection . It will eliminate the soldering step to connect copper to pex a
Yes but I don't know if I would trust it as much.
What are the steel plates for?
It protects nails or screws from going into the piping when you put the drywall back on
what're the steel plates for?
protect against screws. homeowner will find a stud to use for hanging something, drill into it and accidentally hit some piping.
@@boppins ah thanks
What is the benefit to the pricey expansion tool over crimp/cinch?
Why didn’t you use pex all the way on each end right back to your main stopcock instead of joining it at the ceiling to copper pipe that could fail after some time.
good question, the upper adapter connects to copper that runs through the double top plate and into the upstairs joist bay which is covered by plywood and carpet…it’ll be replaced eventually but not at the time of this video
Nice, but I would definitely use the plastic pex fittings instead of brass save you a lot of money as they are like 5x the price
only issue is you can reuse the plastic, so I like the brass for that reason
@@HomeRepairTutor
I’ve reused the plastic ones before you just have to be gentle when cutting off the ring
My house was build in 05. The builder used all pex with brass tee's and 90s. They are all taking there turns cancering out and leaking. All because previous owner didn't use a water softner and the hard water is rotting all the brass. All the heavy use sections. water heater and softner loop. I really wish I had that expander tool. Expensive buy for little use.
Minimum distance between uponor 1/2inch fittings is 2" inches and 3" inches
3 inches for 3/4
oh thats very easy ! thanks so much ! I just need to go out and buy 1000$ worth of tools
No you don't.
I bought the pex tool for $350 and sold for $300. Not even close to $1,000. Where do these people come up with this nonsense and actually post it
Why not sharkbite?
it’s an option with copper but I’ll be replacing all the old pipes with PEX A 👍🏼🔥
Some plumbers frown on putting sharkbit in walls. Higher chance of failure.
"Easy" "DIY" Proceeds to use $500 expansion tool...
you can get a manual expansion tool for $100 but it doesn’t auto rotate, to me it’s worth the investment if you’re doing a lot of work
As DIYer, the $ you save from not calling the qualified professional by doing this yourself could pay for your tools
@@Gasman1986 exactly. Just to have a plumber show up to your house can cost well over a $100 before they even do anything.
@@Gasman1986 100% -- and it's hard to put a price tag on the experience you gain in the process too. I only hire "professionals" when I don't have time to learn how to do the work myself (or it requires a licensed "professional" by law/code/warranty). I'd rather invest the money in tools and time learning how to do the work than pay some random chuck-in-a-truck to show up and do the work.
He said easy not cheap!!
Curious how many decades those fittings will remain functional.
a very long time. It's all I use.
I like brass and that’s going to last a very long time
@@HomeRepairTutor as long as copper? Pretty close, maybe?
@@deannicholas it’s really hard to say but the copper is in terrible shape
@@HomeRepairTutor Only one way to know with certainty.
A few years back, my brother in law moved into a new place, and as we were moving him in, I asked for a glass of water.he brought it to me and I asked if he had pex plumbing and he ask me how did you know? I said I could smell it and taste it in the water. There will never be 1 inch of that crap in ANY house I live in.
or the water could simply be bad and it has nothing to do with the pipes 🤔
Is PEX strangling our climate change progress? How long will this plastic last in the environment?
“Climate change process”? WTF does that even mean?
Why isn't PEX banned in every US state?
Why, PEX is all the rage ?
@@eugeniotapia6765 It was banned in California since if I remember correctly since before 2010. Many builders just stopped looking and using it after it wplas finally allowed again. The problem was the GASES it emitted when cleaning products were used in the home breaking down the pex thus the emission of toxic chemicals. Its like Lead paint in my opinion, the natural breakdown of the paint is not toxic to everyone unless you are a pregnant woman or a child..... This also brings up the use of plastics in microwave food then you have to think about Hormones in the sewers thus leeching into the aquifer and how the poorest people get the brunt of all this crap! Its the BIG CORPERATIONS THAT PAID TO GET THIS PRODUCT PASSED. Do what you want cheap is not always better!
@@debbiemitchell6055 true it was banned in California in '10 but in '11 the Los Angeles building plumbing codes reversed that and allowed it to be installed for residential and commercial new and remodel construction as well as installations in hospital and clinics. The entire state lifted the ban since then. Now I'm not saying that there isn't chemicals leeching out of the pipes but honestly every plastic 'to go' cup or beverage bottle you get from store or restaurant have the same issues with chemical leeching out ! We're literally surrounded by shit load of different unwanted chemicals in just our daily lives !