Installing Outdoor Faucet Pex

Pex is not meant to be pulled tight so leave slack for expansion and contraction.

Installing outdoor faucet pex.

Pex is available in a variety of lengths from short 10 foot pieces for small repairs to rolls over 500 feet long which are used to install a home s entire water supply system. In this video this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey shows how to plumb a new hose faucet using flexible plastic water pipe. If the cut is slanted or at an angle the crimp ring will not fit properly possibly causing a leak at the connection. Here s the basic process on how to connect pex to a faucet.

The building had no heat and all the pipes and fittings were freezing cold. Installing pex is super easy as i ll show you shortly. Just one word of caution. The hole needs to be 1 inch in diameter so that the sillcock faucet can go through.

Select the pex pipe you want to use and cut it to length. Using the pex pipe cutter cut the two pieces of pex pipe to the length that you need for them to reach the faucet. Feed a length of pex piping from the basement out the hole in the wall to the outdoors. From under the sink you can use a shut off valve like an angle stop then a flex line to the faucet or toilet.

Make sure that the cuts are straight. The inside connection to get the best flow rate at the garden tap into an interior 3 4 in. Drill a hole at the point on the basement wall where you want the outdoor faucet to be located. Once the preliminary step is complete here s how to install an outside faucet with pex.

Pex tubing which is flexible and more resistant to damage from freezing is the best choice for the supply line to the faucet. Our plumbing expert les knows a plumber who did a job in northern wisconsin in the middle of winter. Turn off the water then drill a 1 inch diameter hole through the house wall and into the basement. Coming out of the wall to the fixtures you can use a pex to copper stub out or another type of pex support such as drop ear bend support.

In addition to its impressive durability pex is also less expensive than its counterparts. Most pex manufacturers recommend you work with pipe at temperatures above freezing. Ideally copper pipe is used for exposed plumbing and outdoor faucet pipes.