help with leaking valve newbie
Hey everyone, help a newbie out. First of all lots of great information here and thank you for everyones help. Just recently purchased our families first travel trailer, and after turning on the wat...
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clg82 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
YEAH..older rigs used valves.
Then 'efficiency', 'productivity', 'cost savings' etc. and caps/plugs became the norm.
Those low point drains just need to be tightened and IF still leaking you can always replace with a couple of valves from hardware store.
Home Depot carries 'Sharkbite' which are really good quality and just snap on (Lowes carries similar but called Gatorbites)
what do you mean by just snap on? they are both just tubing coming out of the bottom...do the sharkbite just push onto the bottom of the tubing with a valve to open and close or something?
Yep Sharkbites and Gatorbite just push on......really neat fittings/valves etc.
Need a special tool ($2) to remove.
Hardest part is making sure you cut PEX/Copper/CVPC etc. straight and no burrs.
And don't worry......they will easily rotate when installed BUT won't leak
