How Do You Install Pex Pipe To Copper Pipe?
Cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe is flexible tubing that reduces the amount of time that it takes to plumb your home. When you are remodeling your home, you may need to extend your home’s existing copper plumbing. You will need to use an adapter fitting to connect the PEX tubing to the existing copper plumbing of your home for a long-lasting connection; you should use an adapter fitting that solders onto the copper piping of your home. This will eliminate a threaded connection that could possibly fail in the future. Cut the copper pipe with the pipe cutter. Work the pipe cutter slowly around the copper pipe to ensure that the cut on the copper pipe is square. Wrap the emery cloth around the cut end of the copper pipe and twist the emery cloth around the copper pipe to clean the end of the pipe. Insert the round wire brush into the large smooth solder side of the PEX adapter and twist the handle of the brush to clean the inside of the PEX adapter fitting. Load the acid brush with so
