New PEX plumbing

So this was my(Tom) Memorial Day.

We wanted to remove the washer spout in the kitchen and move the water pipes going up to the bathroom into the same channel as the sewer pipe. The pipes were running under the joists on the ceiling because they changed where the bathroom was upstairs a while ago and in order to cover up the new piping, the previous owners just put in a dropped ceiling over the pipes. So not only would removing the pipes free up the ceiling, it would also free up a lot of space on the wall so we could put a dishwasher in.

The easiest (I think best too) way to do this was to remove the nest of copper pipes and put in PEX tubing. PEX (the white tubing) is very flexible as you will see in some of the pics; you can make 90 degree turns without any joints. For the interior wall joints I used SharkBite joints which are can be used with copper and PEX. They are compression fittings that you simply push onto the pipe and thats it!

So far everything has been faucet, toilet, and shower tested.

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