NEVER SOLDER PIPE AGAIN - 3 Ways for EASY DIY Plumbing

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“And you’re often working in tight spaces” Que the biggest crimpers known to Man.

In my experience plumbing, I've been called many times to repair a leak to find a failed shark bite. Rubber degrades over time, but there are plenty of examples of 100+ year old soldered copper pipes still holding strong. There's almost always a way to mitigate the heat from a torch in tight spaces to allow a proper solder joint, and it should almost always be prefered when it comes to plumbing in my opinion.

I normally solder my copper lines but as a homeowner, and not a professional, I don't have to do it very often. About 6 or 7 years ago I had to add an on/off valve to my domestic hot water system. I cut the pipe where I needed the valve and, no matter what I did (turned off the water supply, opened all the faucets) I still had water pouring slowly out of the pipe. I bought a Shark Bite ball valve. Easy as heck to install and after all these years, not a drop of leakage.

True statement about Shark Bite fittings. Critics of Shark Bite fittings don't realize push-in fittings have been around and in use since early 1970's - with great success. We have been working with Shark Bite type fittings on emergency leaks for 22 years - with 100% success.

I replaced my water heater about 7 years ago. I used shark bites to connect the waterlines and also used shark bite cutoff valves. Absolutely no issues in those 7 years. I trust them completely.

I’ll stay with the torch and soldering it’s really easy to do and it’s cheap

After 11 years maintaining a 29 room motel and battling MANY leaks, I repaired every leak and remodel with sharkbite and never not one problem

I respect that as a homeowner, he's still telling people to deburr yhe inside and outside of the pipe. Most "DIY" guys will skip the inside. That being said, a proper deburring tool is necessary for the inside to ensure longevity of the pipe.

I honestly never knew about these alternatives. I always thought the soldering was the only way. Very interesting video.

My dad installed sharkbites in his house more than 15 years ago I believe. And he has NEVER had a problem.

I am an electrician, so don’t normally deal with plumbing, but can sweat copper tubing up to 2” without failure. BUT.. it’s a pain. I tried “SharkBite” laundry valves. It was very easy, but … after 2 years, during a main shut off to do some plumbing work in the basement, I restored water pressure to the house and heard “BANG”! One “SharkBite” actually blew off the 3/4” tubing and went flying. I always prep very well and have zero clue as to what failed, but I’d never use one again. ProPress is excellent. Most service p,umbers use it exclusively. $2k was too expensive for me. The $175 tool is a game changer.!, Thank you!

October 25, 2023. Just installed the LifeSource Water Conditioning system with a descaler to the whole house. The installer used the propress cordless tool. Pressed 90, 45, 1-inch, 34-inch, and 1.2-inch sizes. He also installed a new city water shutoff valve. He installed two water bibs for use on the outside of my home. One for the spa and the other for daily watering. Completed the whole installation in under three hours. The last hour was to run the system to flush out the old scale and other pollutants.

Installed hundreds of Sharkbites & never had a single issue.... its a God-send! The only challenging part is removing the old fitting's pressure-ring (for valves), in order to put on the new Sharkbite fitting. other then that it is super-easy... barely an inconvenience.

My father and I have been using sharkbite connectors on pex and copper pipe for over 15 years without any issues. We have fittings at our snowmobile camp that have been removed and installed dozens of times during winterizing and have have never failed or leaked.

Just used Sharkbites to fix my main water line. Had what was about to become a pinhole leak due to too much flux being used during the house constrution 26 years ago. The flux had settled in the pipe and was causing a small drip. Turned the water off, cut out the bad part of the line and reconnected with two couplers, a slip fit and and some new copper pipe. I used them on my old house when I replace the water heater. I love them because you can connect copper, to PEX or CPVC or any combo of the three.

I really enjoyed watching your video. Thank you!

The thing with SharkBite fittings, when you press them on, you will feel it catch on the compression ring and then you need to press again, approximately 3/8" (1cm) MORE. There is ALWAYS a second push for the SharkBite fittings.

My solder joints are trouble free since 1956. O rings last 5 to 7 years. Then you get a surprise! Nice GIANT tool! Good luck getting it into the walls!

Your most out cold and useful vid I've seen of yours yet.