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  1. Is Sharkbite OK on main line - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Jul 1, 2022 · I wanted a valve on the main line and a plumber installed a shark bite valve Now, 6 years later, I find that the fitting is spinning. It might have been spinning earlier as well and I …

  2. How do I remove these shark bites? - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Nov 20, 2008 · I've got a couple shark bite caps on hot and cold water copper supply lines that I'm ready to remove and replace with valves (plumber put them on). I thought it would be a simple …

  3. Are PEX brands cross compatible? - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Feb 16, 2016 · Neither Lowes nor Home Depot has this, but Supply House does. Are there any compatibility issues across different brands of PEX? I know there is a difference between the …

  4. Push-Connect (Shark Bite style) vs Compression or Sweat Solder

    Nov 20, 2013 · A 1/2" Sharkbite needs about an inch of pipe to seat fully if I remember (it says on the package and varies by the diameter of the fitting). A compression fitting also needs a …

  5. Kitec PEX-Al-PEX and Sharkbites - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Mar 26, 2021 · I am in the middle of replacing some Kitec PEX-Al-PEX that was used for Cold and DHW, and need to temp re-connect it. Any reason I cannot use shark bites to temporarily …

  6. How to prepare cut copper pipe for sharkbite fitting?

    Jan 9, 2022 · I want to use a 1 inch sharkbite elbow to receive a 1 inch copper pipe coming down from a hot water cast iron radiator. I want to do this because the floor...

  7. Sharkbite Fittings and old copper - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Sep 5, 2008 · The sharkbite seals to the outside of the pipe with an "o"-ring. It needs a smooth surface to seal to. If the pipe has a burr where it was cut the burr can cut the "o"-ring ruining …

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  9. The grease/lube in Sharkbite fittings - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Mar 31, 2013 · What do you suppose the grease/lube in the Sharkbite fittings is for. To keep the O Ring from Drying out . I never realized there was grease...

  10. SharkBite on polybutylene - Love Plumbing & Remodel

    Jan 12, 2019 · As far as I could tell, Sharkbite only makes one fitting, the transition one, to go from polybutylene to pex, copper, or cpvc. Similar to a compression fitting, pex and polybutylene …