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Showing how to install a new hose bibb with a PEX maintenance loop. Installing a PEX expansion loop can be added to a replacement hose bibb as well, with enough open space around the current location. Requirement #1: Location is key when it comes to installing an expansion maintenance loop. It has to be within a wall. Specifically, where a wall is perpendicular to an exterior wall. Requirement #2: The loop has to have space to expand and contract as well as extend into a significant amount of space. So it takes up an entire bay within a framed wall. *One lesson learned is we should have run the 3/4" PEX line all the way through the loop to maintain higher pressure. Next time. It also means the PVC sleeve needs to go from 1-1/2" to 2" for the enlarged PEX. At the time of this install we were unaware of the Uponor 3/4" to 1/2" sweat copper to 1/2" female NPT connector. **It still is a good idea to have a shutoff to the hose bibb within the line. If you have a trunk and branch system, a “stop and waste” ball valve (with an access panel if needed) is good plumbing practice. These photos are on a water manifold with home runs to each faucet, but it is still a shutoff where the spigot can be opened and water drained. Perhaps a massive amount of waste in comparison to a shutoff right there, but it is comparable to flushing a toilet and you only turn it off so often. ***If this is in a house where winterizing is necessary, the lines will need to get blown out so that water is not left in the loop. MATERIALS REQUIRED: ○ PEX (we're partial to Uponor's PEX-a and here's why: https://www.justneedspaint.com/reasons-to-choose-an-uponor-manifold-system/) ○ PVC cleanout ○ PVC elbow ○ PVC pipe ○ PVC primer/ cement ○ PEX talon clips ○ Hose bibb (you've got the space if you can include a loop so ideally a frost-free one. Our favorite is Aquor's V2 House Hydrant): https://aquorwatersystems.com/product-catalog/ enter discount code "needspaint" (but without the quotes) at checkout TOOLS REQUIRED: ○ Channel locks ○ Drill ○ Hammer ○ Forstner style 2-1/4" self-feeding drill bit for the final hole through the stud to the hose bibb: https://www.amazon.com/Steelex-D1016-2-1-Forstner-Bit/dp/B001K2AR7I?tag=justneedspa0a-20 ○ We used a Forstner Bit Set for other smaller holes through framing because it makes a cleaner hole than spade bits: https://www.amazon.com/Steelex-D3573-Forstner-Shank-16-Piece/dp/B0015O9CDG?tag=justneedspa0a-20 ○ but spade bits also work: https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW1587-8-Inch-1-Inch-Assortment/dp/B0001LQYJ4?tag=justneedspa0a-20 OUR GO-TO PLUMBING LEAK DEBUGGING/PREVENTION PRODUCTS: ○ Cheap, Yet Effective Water Pressure Gauge - https://amzn.to/3iX50Sz ○ Basin Kitchen Sink Mat - https://amzn.to/3YC7pHs ○ Xtreme Sink Mat - https://www.xtrememats.com/products/under-sink-mat?variant=42996829946094 ○ Aquor’s House Hydrant - https://amzn.to/3fmeSTX ○ Project Camera: V3 Wyze Cam - https://amzn.to/3dvctHV with this economical SD card https://amzn.to/2PvxxG9 and it has an outdoor rating with the special outdoor rated cord: https://amzn.to/3KFcrNF COME SAY HI! Blog: https://www.justneedspaint.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justneedspaint/ Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/justneedspaint

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