How to pay a lot of money and get a crap job

Spent two hours on Christmas Eve cleaning out the insulation and inspecting the damage.

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[C0mmuniK]

Here in the UK it is called Hep2o. I is actually really easy to work with and fit.

As others have said, as long as you use the inserts and actually insert the pipe up to the marker then it shouldn't go wrong!

[C0mmuniK]

even a bit of rtfm would have helped, it aint rocket science!

[C0mmuniK]

The grey pipe is Hep2O, it is meant to be used with push fit connectors.

The plumber it turned out was an electrician....

Anyway, I replaced both the quarter turns with the actual Hep2O ones specified by the manufacturer and hey presto no leaks. You can use compression connectors with it BUT you have to wind some ptfe tape around the olive.

[Clempt90]

All this plastic piping is going to come back and haunt an awful lot of people. Under chipboard floors getting cooked by 70 degree plus temps for years on end. I hardly ever use plastic, it just looks substandard in every way.

[sgbigsby1989]

bet you they never used the inserts, they done it up way tight. hep2o is childs play if you KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. never understood why people speedfit or hep20 for diy, copper is cheaper, just cracks me up aswell when if they are going to plumb the house in the most expensive material possible then use compression joints because they are cheaper than the pushfit that are intended for use on that stuff.

[ilgeneralisimo]

@ilgeneralisimo And everything between the PEX and copper fittings is used with the appropriate PEX-solder adapters or PEX-MIP/FIP adapters.

[ilgeneralisimo]

Big rule with many plumbers...No push-on/compression fittings INSIDE a wall. If it doesn't clamp on like PEX fittings, solder like copper fittings, or thread in like MIP/FIP fittings between brass, copper or steel then it's got to go. PVC and CPVC I'll never use along with galvanized steel unless I'm making a repair. New installations: Copper just after the main entrance valve to a PRV and in certain key areas like above the water and maybe to the washing machine, the rest is PEX.

[Dante95240]

Is that your attic? If so, what are water pipes doing up there? Also as another person said about the vermiculite/asbestos you uncovered? Should wear a respirator up there bobs the uncle, or hepa vac it out, then downstairs and throw a shrimp on the barby..... ;-)

[MsSunshine2388]

That pipe looks like Qest or Quest pipe which is junk. When pex freezes it expands and will usually get a white stripe down the side where it wanted to split open like copper does but it won't unless it gets really really cold..

[MsSunshine2388]

Pex tubing is the best way to go for drinking water and for radiant heat. No cheap shark bite style fittings or anything even tho you CAN use shark bite fittings. You use barb brass or copper fittings and stainless steel crimp rings that you seal with a special tool that depending on what kind it is looks like a small pair of bolt cutters. When done properly you don't even have to check for leaks. Thats what we use for all our repipe jobs unless the customer specifies something else.

[1faifley]

its prob something as simple as they have not put the insert in the hep20 causing it to cause leaks with a compression fitting

[RIDAMMILARADIO]

Fail on First Rule: don't forget the Inserts sleeves..Compression fittings are ok if you use Inserts.

[damn852]

inserts.