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Goes on direct on copper, but calls for internal stiffeners with PEX. CALLS FOR them, but I'm tempted to put one on without to see if it works better... but I also dont want to experiment with things that shouldn't need experimentation, especially at $26 a pop for the fittings.

I have looked for the compression (band) type, problem is, the tool to compress the band is HUGE bucks.... use on 2 bands.

Got a 1 1/4" SharkBite brand coupling that doesn't seem to like pex pipe. I had to pound it on with a 2# dead blow hammer. Is that even close to normal? I'm using the copper inserts that were the ones recommended when I bought the fitting. Beating the other pipe in with a hammer will be...

You aren't kidding, they do have a lot of good stuff! I also had to deal with customer support (adding an item onto an order) and they were absolutely great. Search engine is a little wonky though, lol!

Hey! Thank you all! I checked both ends of both pipes over again, there may have been some writing on one spot, but its so worn away that it just looks like a really poor and faded barcode now. I'm assuming maybe from being pulled through the shielding pipes in the ground. I'm going to...

Hello! Probably an odd question, but I'm coming into the middle of a project someone else started that I have to finish....We bought a new place recently and I'm finishing a boiler installation that the previous owner (or somebody, long story) started. Its a wood fired boiler, located in the...