Recent content by Phaeton

We're going to go with a dual manifold and barbed fittings and rings. Let the plumber deal with it. They're going to be out for the gas lines and the water heaters anyway… My brother isn't convinced that he would ever feel "right" if we did a Sharkbite install behind the plaster. It's his house...

If you're going to carpet or paint them, I'd go with pine. You can get them with one square and one finished edge, or both ends square and round one edge yourself. If you're going to stain them, go with oak. If you do go with oak, get them with one mitered edge for the open side. You should be...

Quintuple Necro… I just had the main supply to the house separate at a copper-to-zinc-to-Qest joint. Pulled the zinc and the Qest, went with a Sharkbite 3/4" MIP-PEX, a 3/4" PEX-PEX elbow and a 3/4" PEX-Poly-B adapter. I kept checking it every few hours for the first couple of days, and I'm...