Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Trying to Find Daylight in the Moonlight on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at 23:02 EDT.

Lessons in Liberty Plumbing. Trying to Find Daylight in the Moonlight on Wednesday, 05/15/2024, at 23:02 EDT.

1. Hybrid game plan. 


2. Copper versus PEX, the pros and the cons in detail.


2A. PEX straight runs available at Home Depot and Lowe’s.


2A1. Lowe’s SharkBite PEX straight runs.


2B. Patina.


3. The different types of copper pipe explained. 


4. Gravity and water pressure.


5. Cutting pipe.


5A. RIDGID 1/4 inch to 1-1/8 inch Close Quarters Copper, Aluminum, Brass, and Plastic Tubing Cutter versus a C-style tubing cutter.


6. Base metals.


7. Deburring.


7A. 3 different methods.


7A1. Reamers explained, and a correction made in a subsequent video tomorrow.


8. Julius Caesar’s ghost haunts us again.


9. General Wonka’s call to learning and achieving wisdom.


10. Close quarters and C-style pipecutters’ results.


11. The importance of fully connecting the pipe to the fitting.


11A. 1 SharkBite con in comparison to water pressure.


12. “Measure twice, and cut once.” 


13. Reviewing and revisiting the final vision.


13A. Shower baths’ drawbacks.


14. Copper’s, PVC’s, CPVC’s, and ABS’ “veracity, ” and playing Legos.


15. RIDGID, Milwaukee, and DeWalt brands.


16. SharkBite fittings versus soldering.


17. PEX stiffener, and PEX lessons learned.


18. Galvanized steel.


19. Roadblock.