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cs2kplus
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Nov 26, 2014

Old Style Plumbing

Have a 1989 Trailer. It has older water tubing. Can't remember what its called. It's grey, I think 1/2". The trailer I bought was used for shows. They disconnected the plumbing to bathroom. I want to add back. Are the older plumbing connections available for purchase? Or has this been discontinued?. Can I use standard shower and bath sink fixtures?
  • I recently did some plumbing work and found a few options. The stuff at the big box stores like Home depot and Lowes is different than the connections in most RVs. The Flair it fittings are probably what would be there and are still in many new rigs too. You can find those online at the lowest prices. Then some dealers may have some too but I found the local stores were charging double what online sellers had them for. The big box stores have different kinds and sizes without the same type of connections. They also have the shark bite style under that name at one of them and something else at the other. I think Lowes has another name. They are pretty easy to use but I don't know about long term. They are kind of a pain to get back off in tight corners. I did a couple wrong and had to undo them and it was tough when you don't have much room to pull on each section.
  • Is is called "pex" and is very much in use still. Any big box home store can fix you right up.
  • you can use flair it fittings or shark bites and they are standard sink and 4" fittings

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