Pex To Copper Tee

A great way to join pex with copper.

Pex to copper tee.

Quick lesson on uponor aquapex and copper water supply fittings. But even if you install pex fittings in a conventional main line and branch system the connections are quicker to make than soldering copper. A variety of threaded fittings are available in the options listed below for connecting pex pipe to copper or pvc pipes. Push fit fittings cost at least 5 usd each.

They are the most expensive of the fittings you can use to connect pex to copper. All are certified to meet and exceed north american standards and requirements. Brass pex barb x 1 2 in. Typically these come in two parts often sold separately.

The apollopex 1 2 in. Obviously a bit pricey to do a lot of fittings but in locations where turning the water completely off on a main with an old valve that doesn t completely close this was so much easier than soldering. If you use a manifold and home run system it s like running a garden hose to each fixture super fast and easy. Follow me on instagram.

Repeat this process for the pex end and your connection is complete. We offer high quality barb type pex fittings to be used with copper crimp rings or stainless steel cinch rings. Demonstrations on each how to connect pex to copper pipe. Sharkbite 10 pack 1 2 in dia brass pex tee crimp fitting.

These tee fittings are manufactured to meet or exceed astm and ansi standards from high quality c12200 alloy used by leading copper fitting manufacturers such as nibco and mueller. Despite being the most expensive their ease of use makes push fit fittings a good option when you only need to make a few connections of copper and pex. Connecting sharkbite to copper is easy with our brass push to connect fittings. Simply cut your copper pipe mark the proper insertion depth and push the coupling completely onto the pipe.

Apollopex barb fittings are a key component of the most economical potable water piping systems. A pex supply won t corrode. Wow was this so much easier than soldering and even pex. All brass fittings comply with the lead free law.

The proper way to read a copper tee is side x side x center top. Brass pex barb x the apollopex 1 2 in. Also capable of integration into hydronic heating systems apollopex. For example a 3 4 x 1 2 x 1 copper tee fitting is the same as 1 2 x 3 4 x 1.