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Connect the pipes with PEX and couplings

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Accidentally Drilled Through A Water Line- What To Do!

What happens here

Connect the cut ends with PEX pipe and couplings (crimp rings and crimp tool) by sliding a coupling and ring onto some spare PEX pipe. Then using the crimp tool set the gap to an eighth from the ring to the top of the pipe. Fit the pipe into the coupling in the wall and crimp until the tool stops. Do the same for the bottom pipe.

Goal: Bridge the cut ends.

Tools and materials

  • PEX Couplings — Connecting the spare pipe to the pipe in the wall
  • PEX Crimping Tool — Securing the PEX ring, PEX Rings used for Creating a water tight seal at the pipe and coupling
  • Spare PEX pipe — Adding length to the cut pipes

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you maybe not have enough slack to slide this safely on so that it actually creates a watertight seal not to mention some plumbers actually hate the shark by saying that they fail over time now I'm no expert but this is just what they say so I'll show you both methods the method that they guarantee is kind of doing it the uh the old-fashioned way essentially get yourself some spare Pex piping slide a coupling inside and a Pex ring right over it typically the size that you're working with a pipe is the type of fittings that you need as well as a type of ring that you need half inch pipe half inch ring half inch coupling then using your PEX crimping tool set an eighth gap on top from The Ring to the top of the pecs line fitted into your connector and press until this clamp stops that's on there do the same for the bottom this method you're going to be required to cut a little bit out just in order to make this Bend enough to make it into our connector get a little scrub perfect oh that's a good fit another coupling this is fun ain't it slide your ring on top of there slide your ring at the bottom here bend it in place as you can see it's a lot easier to make sure it goes in with these couplings clamping from the top folks we're basically plumbers now let's turn on our water line and see how

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