jfb1969 wrote:
Another thought I had is to go with polyethelene (PEX) tubing for my water lines. My current TT has what looks to be grey PVC or poly tubing but it has 90 degree elbows and T junctions. I'd like to eliminate the elbows 100% and as many T's as possible. Does anyone have experience using PEX in a trailer?
Yeah, redid all my plumbing with PEX. Full flow shutoff valves at every fixture location, braided stainless supply lines. All of it is crimped with rings except one final location near the water heater. Again, overkill, but I'm doing it once and don't want problems.
With PEX, you forgo the cost of copper pipe so it's easy to endure the cost of good valves and supply lines.
BTW, I bought a threaded die style crimper, it is much cheaper than the handled models ($20, IIRC). After crimping a dozen or so rings, I put the go-no go tool aside. The die crimper does an excellent job (no leaks, yeah). IIRC, I had about 60 crimp rings for the whole trailer.
