Copper and plastic pipe for shower fittings

chainsaw carpenter · #1 Nov 6, 2007, 06:20 PM

I need to install a new shower valve but have no experience sweating copper pipe. Is it possible to use one of the new plastic pipe materials/methods to connect? I would have to use plastic on both the inlet and outlet sides of the valve. Thanks in advance for any advice, thoughts, ideas.

doug238 · Nov 6, 2007, 06:46 PM

you can use sharkbite to connect copper to cpvc and cpvc to the shower

labman · Nov 6, 2007, 07:33 PM

The Shark Bite is expensive, may have to go to Ace Hardware or a plumbing supply it find them, but almost falls together and doesn't leak.



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