Jul 1, 2022 · I wanted a valve on the main line and a plumber installed a shark bite valve Now, 6 years later, I find that the fitting is spinning. It might have been spinning earlier as well and I did not realize …

May 30, 2020 · On another thread, a pro maintenance plumber says he always uses Sharkbite for repairs and they'll last as long as copper fitting repairs. While I'm old school enough to wonder about …

Jan 9, 2022 · I want to use a 1 inch sharkbite elbow to receive a 1 inch copper pipe coming down from a hot water cast iron radiator. I want to do this because the floor...

Nov 20, 2008 · I've got a couple shark bite caps on hot and cold water copper supply lines that I'm ready to remove and replace with valves (plumber put them on). I thought it would be a simple matter of …

Jan 10, 2023 · I've done a lot of plumbing DIY, but have never messed with a shower valve, and I just use sharkbites on supply lines. Can I use sharkbites for a shower valve replace? I would probably …

Jan 12, 2019 · As far as I could tell, Sharkbite only makes one fitting, the transition one, to go from polybutylene to pex, copper, or cpvc. Similar to a compression fitting, pex and polybutylene both …

Jul 29, 2020 · If there is still solder on the copper will Sharkbite connector still work. I may need to cut the pipe with a dremel or hacksaw then find a way to deburr/smooth the outside edge.

Feb 16, 2016 · Neither Lowes nor Home Depot has this, but Supply House does. Are there any compatibility issues across different brands of PEX? I know there is a difference between the …

Oct 22, 2020 · Hi I asked the other day about the distance needed between water heater and water softener, reach4 dug into his memory banks for a thread from 2012, lots of info, so I started looked at …

Feb 5, 2011 · Sharkbite fittings are like any other press lock fittings that employed o-rings and water pressure to seal. However, if I recall correctly o-ring have life expectancy of 15 years or more …