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Replacing Rotten Leaking Galvanized Pipe Under House With PEX
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That was one of the ugliest pipes I've ever seen !
TRICK! to do a wet sweat; I shove bread (no crust) into the wet pipe I need to solder….I set up to make my sweat, cram the pipe with bread to stop the water from dripping and cooling my pipe. I do my solder, it works every time. before restoring water supply, remove the nearest aerator(s). I open the tub and outside facets and nearest aerator facet to blow out the bread. white bread breaks up the easiest, it takes just a second to blow it all out, but I've used French, wheat, hamburger buns never rye (yet) lol,
It's not going to cost a few thousand dollars to plum the horizontal lines. I am replacing all the horizontal galvanized pipes in an attic with PEX which is 29 cents a foot. the T coupler's are $11.00 each and need 12 of them for $132. Tools are $150. 100 FT of Blue PEX for Cold, 100 FT of Red for hot. Total cost. $340. Agreed I would not plum the whole house because of one water leak. I'm doing this in a rental property which has had several leaks in the past and eats through the sheet rock which gets costly. Typically the vertical lines don't seem to go out.
Thank you for the video. I'm going to fix it just the way you fixed it. I have two rental properties with leaky pipes. One has copper pipe, the other have steel pipes.
so once you fix the leaking pipe, the one next to it starts leaking.
One thing I learnt from vintage cars, if you need to replace any hoses, replace them all, because fixing the hole in one hose just transfers the pressure to the next hose, and before you know it you have blown a head gasket.
Fixing a leaking pipe only transfers the pressure to the next weak spot.
gotta laugh at you pointing out this is not a 'how-to' video.
Here in Australia, only licensed plumbers can carry out any plumbing work. That includes roofing and heating.
I have a problem that living in a rural community, the call out fee is exhorbitant, IF YOU CAN GET A PLUMBER TO VISIT!!!!
So, I do it myself. And I like these vids of others who do it themselves.
On 14:27 into the video, couldn't you sand it down and apply JB cold well?
Just a thought.
How long will that rubber tubing last?
Awesome video, shango066. Thanks so much.
How long ago was that house abandoned? I used to hook the shop va up to its lowest point.
What was interesting at the end of the video??? Did you see an orb or hear a voice?
They sell new tools at home depot . Modern tools.just saying
those crimp rings are by far the worst, use Copper rings or SS Sleeves
i got my house replumbed with pex its cheaper than copper
I envy your work space. I am replacing the copper with pin holes in my 50+ year old house with CPVC and Sharkbite fittings under the floor with 2ft. of headspace. I intend to do a full replace job in the summer if I am still able; I'm 80 years old so I had better hurry, huh!!
"Of course…" lol
Hey, you are awesome and I love your intro. I too am remodeling and sending pics to family to show them what I am completing on this 1965 A-Frame remodel. I love what you did with the Pex repair, as I have had 2 nights below 20* degrees IN TEXAS-strange. So my A-Frame is pier/beam, and the copper pipe from the side of the house, to the side of the crawl space, burst 1-1/4". So after banging the split it nearly closed, drying it out (I was cracking up at your wet vac as I was trying to get my pipe dry in/out for the epoxy, and I was using an eye dripper, sucking out water and a blow dryer) So I tried with the epoxy/'steel' tape, that did work for me on another split 2 yrs ago, however, I did not get it over the epoxy section rapidly enough, so it leaks and I will possibly make a 2nd attempt. However, I am thinking to use Pex from the side of the crawl space over to the Pex T-joint the plumbers created 2 yrs ago. Thanks very much for sharing and it was educational watching and you did an excellent job-in my opinion. Your's was the first video I watched b/c of your title PEX! God bless you!
welcome to home ownership
Like your style. I never quite understood how people could come on, learn something, then have to be so arrogant as to take apart somebody nice enough to share their experience and knowledge. Take Care.
HE WENT WITH PEX NOT COPPER GOOD CHOICE plastic lasts Centuries 😀
you're down there, why would you re-use the old copper fitting -.-
You have an excellent camera. Thanks for taking the time to do the video.
Where do you live that you have exposed water pipe? Never freezes?
My house is 33 yr old. All those chinese pipes have rusted already
I hate spiders, that's why I try to avoid the crawl space of my house.
copper galvanized Dont mix homeboi
What is it with other people complaining about a handyman repair job. If you got lots of greenbacks sitting in your pocket, yeah you could get gold plated pipes but if you don't have a ton of money you do it the best way you can. Great job Shango and I bet it cost you stuff all to fix it. I sort of think that the earthquake sort of sped up the leak as it looks as if that pipe had been leaking for sometime and when you fixed the main leak the other fitting started to leak because it was getting more pressure now.
awsome video thanks
great repair.