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Originally Posted by Ducay
I would definitely just go with 2 valves. Personally, if you're tapping into polyB, I would use a Sharkbite ball valve that has a drain (see link). I cant find one on HD's website, but might be worth looking for; they for sure carry the drain-less 1/2 ball valve in stores. Rona carries another brand of Sharkbite like connectors, so they might have it as well.
Regardless of which valve you pick, I would recommend the Sharkbite since it works with PolyB (its not listed as approved piping for them, but it works). If you want to use that PEX valve you have the picture of, you'll need the Poly B to Pex coupling from HD, and then the valve, and then another coupling back to the polyB.
Plus, since you have some "give" in your lines I see, you can just cut the old valves out and slide the new sharkbites in between and be done in about 15 minutes.
http://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/in...c74/R-I3241526
I'm in my second home with Poly B, and consider yourself lucky that yours isn't the variety that leaks. Ended up redoing the entire plumbing myself in this house rather than wait for more leaks. |
Is there more than one variety? I have no idea if this is a time-bomb waiting to go off, or if there are other factors at play. I thought there was something to do with water composition that could cause it to degrade and leak. I was a bit unhappy to learn all of this when I started working on the plumbing a few years ago. I had been using the polyb->pex adapters with crimp rings. I thought the SharkBite products were still pretty new on the market, and wasn't sure if the reliability has been vetted enough over time.