Re: [SilverStreak] Pex Job and Propane Lights

["Bev Harris" <zia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your plan sounds pretty good on the water lines.  My lines were wrapped 
with insulation -- I could see it, and I didn't think I could just pull them.  
Besides, at the time I started I had not yet heard of Pex.  I thought I'd be 
soldering copper. I suspect I would have had to pull the black water tank 
anyway.  The screws that were holding the valve on had rusted so much that 
they were interfering with the valve opening.  So it was not easy extracting 
the screws.  Not being under the trailer while I did that chore was probably a 
good thing.  

I think you are a step ahead of me in the sense department.

Bev

-----Original Message-----

> Bev, 
>   The Sharkbite fittings are quite expensive, made of brass, and are easily 
> interchangeable. They sell a small half moon plastic clip that you can use to 
> take remove a fitting so you could replace a "T" with a elbow or change a short 
> piece for a long piece. I am not familiar with the Watts brand, what do they 
> look like? The hot and cold water lines I have yet to replace also go under the 
> toliet platform. I hope to pull the old lines out after taking the hotwater 
> heater out and at the same time pull the pex lines in, to do this I plan on 
> attaching the pex line to the end of the old line by rope, wire, duct tape, or 
> some other method and then gently pulling on the old line while my wife helps 
> the pex line go in. And then, as per Eddies suggestion, all elbows, tees, and 
> valves will be accessable, if nothing else then by taking out a drawer or 
> removing a shelf.
>  
>   Now my question. On the propane light topic, the info I have read on-line says 
> you have to use internally tinned copper lines, is tinned copper tube readily 
> available? I have not seen it in stores, but have not been looking for it either. 
> As usual, thats for all the good info from the group.