Any BARF plumbers?

[Bay Arean]

Even though I have been toying dangerously with learning how to sweat pipes and buy all the tools, I probably just need a real plumber to lay out and hook up a line for my refrigerator. Even if I were to use Shark-bites, I still have to tap into an existing line and frankly, all the pro plumber warnings against them have convinced me to see it as temporary when its in your walls and such.

I can do some of the task but the bigger issue is the layout down in my basement and where to tap into existing lines. I also have an inherited set of pipes where some weekend warrior went from copper to plastic when they moved the laundry. Never liked it, and one of em leaks slightly (of which I have had a giant plastic jar catching water for the last 16 years).

Are any or our moto compatriots in the biz and willing to come to El Sobrante?

(yes, this is one of the dimensions of kitchen remodel).

 

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Was banned for being a bit abrasive

 

[Bay Arean]

Was banned for being a bit abrasive

Shucks. Too many bad calls, I guess.... I have the whole Next Door Yelp route but wanted to check here first.

 

[auntiebling]

refrigerator water lines are pretty easy for the most part. if you have 1/2" copper under the sink (most common place to feed a fridge from, makes emergency shutoff easier when you know exactly where to find the valve) there are compression fittings that can be used, no sweating required.

i am not having any luck finding what i'm referring to on the internets...

 

[Bay Arean]

refrigerator water lines are pretty easy for the most part. if you have 1/2" copper under the sink (most common place to feed a fridge from, makes emergency shutoff easier when you know exactly where to find the valve) there are compression fittings that can be used, no sweating required.

i am not having any luck finding what i'm referring to on the internets...

I plan on installing a behind the frig faucet in an inset plastic box.They are nifty, can be turned on and off during frig installation, etc. They come in both shark-bite and sweated versions but I don't feel comfortable leaving a sharkbite in the wall behind the frig yet am not exactly comfortable running a torch inside fo a sheetrocked wall to sweat it. I need to run a line from that down into the basement, then over to an exisitng water supply pipe which has to be cut. The problem is where to tap into and whether I want to make cutting into a water supply line my very first experience sweating pipes.

. There is a mess of central heating ductwork, electrical lines all right where the pipe will come down, so I was thinking of getting a pro to figure out exactly where to tap (choice of cold water to bathtub or main line coming into house). Unfortunately, the sink is across the room so it's not a smart option to run flexible line from so far away. Like I said before, the previous owners also left a nonsense set of plastic cold and hot supplys coming off the copper into garage and I think I should just replace it.

A man's got to know his limitations. I know WHAT needs to be done and theoretically how its donw, but not exactly what layout will end up being a pro version for the sake of the house.

 

[Sharxfan]

Can you get to the copper somewhere outside the wall? You could put a copper to PEX adapter in there and sweat that in and then use the crimped connectors to run the PEX into the wall for the freezer faucet.

 

[Bay Arean]

Can you get to the copper somewhere outside the wall? You could put a copper to PEX adapter in there and sweat that in and then use the crimped connectors to run the PEX into the wall for the freezer faucet.

I read up on PEX. Ya know, for filtered water and ice, I am not for PEX...I know, sounds fussy, but I'm willing to pay for that preference.

It might be that I can actually make the connection then slide down into the wall. I haven't purchased the unit yet and don't know if it slides in or has to be done in place. Believe me, I have visualized this and over-thought it with the best of em! That's when i feel like giving up and just hiring somebody who has done all of it a thousand times over.

 

[Climber]

Pex requires a big investment in tools. Their joints are pretty expensive.

Shark-bite has a good reputation.

If you had asked 6 or more months ago, I could have easily taken a quick run over and helped you out, I put myself through college, in part doing a bunch of plumbing. Now I'm 200 miles away, so no luck.

 

[Bay Arean]

Pex requires a big investment in tools. Their joints are pretty expensive.

Shark-bite has a good reputation.

If you had asked 6 or more months ago, I could have easily taken a quick run over and helped you out, I put myself through college, in part doing a bunch of plumbing. Now I'm 200 miles away, so no luck.

Dangit!