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Yesterday was bargain day! Won a big radial drill press with electronic variable speed on a 2.2hp motor. On a stand with wheels! For $167 in an online auction! And for $10? 4 boxes of copper sweat fittings totaling around 100 pounds! Dusty and tarnished, but a couple of hours in my cement mixer...

OK, I have heard back from Easyflex about their CSST water tubing and system of fittings. They described it as in “hiatus”. So I guess it did not sell well or met with too much resistance for code approvals or ??? Oh, well…. Sounded pretty good, and the specs looked good.

Well you certainly have lots of opinions to share. You say you have had trouble with Nibco? Isn’t that the one source of PEX-C? I have not seen a response from Nibco yet as to whether ”C” is an expandable product. Has anyone else had bad experience with either Zurn or Nibco PEX system? I know...

And PEX- B is the inferior resin product when compared to PEX-A. I am waiting to hear back from Nibco about PEX-C. So far no response as to its suitability for expansion fittings. But Nibco doesn’t sell expansion fittings and so far is the only maker found for PEX-C. All I am trying to do is...

So has no-one any direct experience with the use of PEX-B with expansion type fittings? As Sheplmr remarked, PEX-B is not commonly used for expansion fittings and I have read some reports that indicate the PEX-B resin is inferior to PEX-A. One data item was that if kinked or crushed PEX-B is...

I don’t think I have seen any breaker panels that were not Aluminum screw clamp where the service comes from the meter. Same for the meter box itself. And both have Aluminum busses. NOX paste I sometimes see in meter and breaker boxes, but not often. I was surprised to read that ABS was...

You have assessed the workings of the code in Illinois pretty accurately from where I see it. When I took the license test back in the late 1970s they had just done away with wiping a lead joint as part of the test, but it remained in the Chicago version. And no Romex doesn’t surprise me...

Well, I had not seen the “C” product. I was wrong. Is anyone making a “C” resin product for plumbing or hydronic tubing? Is there any advantage to it over the others? How does it compare on cost?

PEX is made by 2 methods. Engle (A) or Silane (B). The tubing may have an aluminum or other oxygen barrier but the resin is made in only those two ways.

Thanks! There is the info I was searching for. I dont know why the toll free number still comes back to me as no longer in service. The website lists it as the Eastern office. The info email address on the website also bounces as undeliverable. I was searching for a source and pricing info that...

We used to say that about PVC back in the 1960s. But then came along polybutylene and if you are old enough you remember what a debacle that turned out to be. There are new technologies and materials coming out all the time. PEX has 2 different types, A and B, with 5 or more ways to join it...

Yes, the website says it has UPC approval but the phone and email address don’t seem to work so I cannot confirm any other approvals. (Like in my state, Illinois, which has its own code.)

I am aware of the CSST for gas. This is different. It is meant for water. see this link http://easyflexusa.com/upload//documents/Water_CSST_FLYER.pdf

I have found a couple of makers supplying CSST tubing from 3/8” nominal through 2””. The tube runs has female gasketed threaded nuts on each end and can be field fabricated. The fittings are brass with male threads to match the nuts on the tubing. (These appear to be “G” type metric cylinder...

I know the difference in the formulation method for the two kind of PEX tubing. And that PEX-A is the one that uses the Wirsbo-UPONOR type of fittings with expansion rings instead of the compression rings, clamps or Sharkbite fittings used with PEX-B (Silane process) tubing. My question is...

That is what I described. A new 3/4” line serving the range only from the meter. A 3/4 CSST run of 25’ has over double the required capacity. Putting it in tomorrow morning. Wall box and valve already installed. i will put in a drip leg as usual below the gascock behind the stove, just because...

If there is a label or additional info on the “ top” of the device it may describe its purpose better. I think it looks to be a non-adjustable pressure relief valve. The additional catalog picture you posted shows an adjustable PRV of a similar pattern. No trap primer I have ever heard of runs...

Yes, it is beginning to look as if most if not all CSST makers never intended for systems to be sized cumulatively, starting off large sized for the sum of all loads and then reducing the main as supply branches are taken off for each device. So, I am resigned to take a 3/4 branch as near the...

Those who have read my postings know that I often ask about newer products that were not in use when I was still “on the tools”. This is one. For CSST gas tubing systems, are the various brands of fittings interchangeable? Is the tubing itself made to an ASTM standard regardless of brand? Or...

Someday in the distant future genetic engineers will produce plumbers with arms that include two elbows, hands with thumbs on both sides of each, fingernails made of tungsten carbide… And eyes on stalks like a snail!