I'm getting ready to do some PEX plumbing in the spring, and I've bought a few fittings, crimp rings, etc. The initial plan was to use crimp connections.
In the mean time, I found an expander tool on Ebay and bought it, thinking that "I'd really rather use that method...and there's the tool...so WTH".
And sitting here at 4am, thinking about this a little bit, I just had a '*head slap* you dumb-a$$' moment, lol.
I have the fittings for crimp connections, which I can only assume (now I realize) are smaller than fittings for expansion connections, right?
It hit me like a shot in the head.....because, naturally, I'd been messing around with the fittings/pipe a little bit and the fitting I have slide right in.......and that's when it.....:blink: ....they slide right in. So why would I need an expansion tool for THAT??? (this is where the head slap came in)
So I guess ultimately my question is...am I right?? Is there 2 different formats of fittings, depending on the connection method?
If so, it's too late for this job, and I guess I'll have a nice expander tool sitting in the case waiting for the next job while I crimp this job out...which isn't the end of the world, but still. Just makes me shake my head and laugh at myself.
In the mean time, I found an expander tool on Ebay and bought it, thinking that "I'd really rather use that method...and there's the tool...so WTH".
And sitting here at 4am, thinking about this a little bit, I just had a '*head slap* you dumb-a$$' moment, lol.
I have the fittings for crimp connections, which I can only assume (now I realize) are smaller than fittings for expansion connections, right?
It hit me like a shot in the head.....because, naturally, I'd been messing around with the fittings/pipe a little bit and the fitting I have slide right in.......and that's when it.....:blink: ....they slide right in. So why would I need an expansion tool for THAT??? (this is where the head slap came in)
So I guess ultimately my question is...am I right?? Is there 2 different formats of fittings, depending on the connection method?
If so, it's too late for this job, and I guess I'll have a nice expander tool sitting in the case waiting for the next job while I crimp this job out...which isn't the end of the world, but still. Just makes me shake my head and laugh at myself.