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   BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:29:32 JST BowserNoodle ☦️
   Man that's cool
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:38:15 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @BowsacNoodle propress is good stuff
     you don't have to buy the >$1k cordless tool, a cheap hand pumped hydraulic one is fine
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:38:15 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @skylar I'm going to see if I can borrow one to finish this project. I got a bunch of stuff done and my ugly Frankenstein connectors worked fine (no leaks), but it'd be great if I could use something like this to help me finish the next few parts
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     Thickasabrick (thickasabrick@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:44:08 JST Thickasabrick

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     @BowsacNoodle Holy Cow......crimp joints.....that is cool
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     UnCL3 (uncl3@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:44:08 JST UnCL3

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     Looks way easier than pex. That shit's great but difficult to clamp unless you have BIG hands (I don't). Even with a very good tool it's hard.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:44:27 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick They work with PEX too, I guess.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:46:42 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     • Tyler
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     @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick I've never done PEX. I sweat copper every time, but I'm finally trying to run PEX and I have to do a Rube Goldberg setup to even get it where I want. Lots of bendy boys and drilling.
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     Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:46:43 JST Tyler

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     Just use a ratchet style stainless clamp band and you can do 1" PEX no problem
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     Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:56:21 JST Tyler

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     Weird. I ran PEX as a new water main from the street, into the house and all across the yard to 5 hydrants and a big water filter, a laundry shed with a small water heater and filter system. I love it. Sure it doesn't look great but who cares.
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     mjdigspigs (mjdigspigs@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:56:25 JST mjdigspigs

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     Or you can just go with my standby, I'm into functionality.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:57:29 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick I'm old and my first house I was doing plumbing back when PEX was super expensive and new. Now it's cheaper because copper is in high demand
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:58:43 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @BowsacNoodle do it
     propress is easy and foolproof, just prep the pipes well so you don't tear the o-ring on a burr
     viega's the good shit and sometimes home depot has them, nibco has some quality control issues
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 11:59:07 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @skylar haha o-ring go burrrrrr
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:00:58 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @poastoak @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick I've never ran PVC and idk anything about it. Does it put microplastics into my balls?
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:00:59 JST Poast Oak

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     @BowsacNoodle @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick PVC til i die nigga (I don't know how to run anything else and I dont want to learn)
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:02:19 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick I'm surprised you don't have well water men.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:02:39 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @poastoak @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick copper
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:02:40 JST Poast Oak

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     @BowsacNoodle @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick Is there anything left in the world that doesn't?
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:07:15 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @poastoak @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick That's just IRLthot pee from birth control. Filter after it gets to your house or else it'll leach copper.
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:07:16 JST Poast Oak

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     @BowsacNoodle @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick Does the copper filter out the estrogen the city is dumping in at the treatment plant
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     Thickasabrick (thickasabrick@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:08:17 JST Thickasabrick

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     @skylar @BowsacNoodle @UnCL3 I've been using the sharkbite connectors for pex....
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:08:18 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @BowsacNoodle @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick they do, my propress tool has a set of dies for the stainless rings on PEX
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:09:14 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     • Thickasabrick
     • UnCL3
     @Thickasabrick @skylar @UnCL3 That's what I have in place for it right now. I give them credit for making a legitimately easy to use quick connection, but damn if they don't make me a bit nervous.
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     skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:15:55 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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     @Thickasabrick @UnCL3 @BowsacNoodle i did a couple of those before i had a propress tool and i've yet to have one fail
     i was careful to prep the pipes really nicely but they worry me a little
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:19:03 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @Thickasabrick @skylar @UnCL3 Been using that here. Previous owner had used pex and sharkbites to plum in a vanity with minimal holes, which I thought was clever but a pain in the ass for me. No shutoffs so I had to turn off the whole house or cut a big hole in the vanity bottom. I went with the hole.
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     Thickasabrick (thickasabrick@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 12:19:04 JST Thickasabrick

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     @BowsacNoodle @skylar @UnCL3 I love the un-connect if you need the feature
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     Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 22:43:40 JST Tyler

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     I do. That light is the indicator for the pump.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 22:44:03 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @tyler @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick Pump goes on light goes on?
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     UnCL3 (uncl3@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 22:46:53 JST UnCL3

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     • Thickasabrick
     yup...stuff is brutal to deal with.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 22:46:53 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @UnCL3 @skylar @Thickasabrick I got one of those tiny orange C clamp looking things (should've just used an adjustable wrench but it was like $2) and it lets me take it off really easily without damaging it.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 22:49:31 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @skylar @UnCL3 @Thickasabrick I saw that sharkbite is approved to use outside and possibly in buried pipes now (idk if it's a different type for underground or outside). The mechanism they use for these things is really very clever with multiple layers and spinning pieces independent of the grippy parts.