Plumbing Fittings

Tim Carter, of http://AsktheBuilder.com, shows the easiest way to install a leak-free faucet at home.

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[torontomapleleafer]

Hey Tim, I am removing and old ugly sink and replacing it with a new, un-ugly sink. I looked under the cabinet, and I noticed that there are no shut off valves on either the hot or the cold. I was wondering if I could put on shut off valves with compression fitting with out have to solder anything, or would it just leak.

Also, what is the difference between the braided metal supply tubes and the plastic ones? Is it that the plastic are self seating or something?

Best regards- #1 fan!

Greg

[AsktheBuilder]

You can use compression stops. Be sure the copper pipe is clean before you do it. The braided supply lines are my weapon of choice now.

[bobski1976]

fair video. but most of the time if its a wc. or a faucet then surely it will be the tap connector part thats left leaky i have been to sort many a leak like this where ppl have tried and cant get it to seal. and it usually needs a tighten.

but back to my real point. stuff all that plastic is good. but these days we use flexi hoses. there stainless stell braided hoses and the customers love them .

[AsktheBuilder]

Correct. That's all I use now. The flex hoses were not available when this video was produced.

[TheOldkid888]

The poly supplies are also considerably cheaper then the chrome.They are much easier to use.Make sure you use the plastic ferrule that comes with the supply as it is possible that the brass ferrule could cut through the PVC. I have installed hundreds and have never had a problem.The new braided supplies are even easier to use,but are considerably more expensive.The bonus side of the braided supplies is that you don't cut them.You simply attach them and snug them down.Good luck and have agood day

[exmilitary85]

im changed a compression stem facuet and where the hex bolt should be at the base of the thread its square? what do i use to take the assemble out if its square?

[ItsYourBoyo7]

Hey Buddy, I Had A Problem With The Sink Not Draining In The Bathroom. So I Took The S trap And All That Out, When I Put It All Back Together Its Still Not Draining?? How Its Set Up Is, After The S trap It Beens Upward, Then A Flexiable Hose Going In To The Wall. Now When It Goes To The Wall The Flexpipe Is Upward Abit From The S trap Then Just Screwed To The Wall. Is It Anyway That The Flexpipe Is Up To Much So The Flow Of Water Ant Able To Travel That Way? Please, Whats Going On?!

[mrstrictlygm]

Those plastic supply tubes are excellent. Easier to use,they never leak(as long as you use the plastic ferrule rather than the brass one,and you don't have to use that messy pipe dope. I am an apprentice plumber and my boss would always supply those crappy chrome plated metal supply tubes that you have to cut and bend into position. The first few times i used them, i would have leaks. You have to make sure that they go perfectly straight into the angle stop or you're asking for trouble.

[plumbercrack333]

i like the braided connectors better, i think they look better and i think they last longer. either way, flexiable connections r the way to go

[LyonhartZ2]

Hi guys, these "plastic tubes" are easier, but most plumbing codes do not allow them, only copper and the "braided" ones

[AsktheBuilder]

Correct. They are two entirely different products used for different sealing tasks.

[alorayne]

Pipe dope is plumber's putty. Same thing. (shows how much you don't know.)