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How To: Install SharkBite Push-to-Connect Fittings | SharkBite
Snap it onto the pipe. Pull up to the release collar. Pull the pipe from the fitting. Slide the tongs over the fitting and the pipe. Squeeze the tongs to press the fitting’s release collar. Pull the pipe from the fitting. After removing, the SharkBite brass push-to-connect fitting is ready to re-use. However, any fitting used repeatedly should not be used for a permanent installation.
Published June 5, 2025
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SharkBite ® Installation Guide
SharkBite Grounding on Copper · Pipe · When connecting a SharkBite Universal · fitting to a copper piping system, install · a copper jumper cable to ensure proper · grounding. SharkBite Universal fittings are · not an electrically continuous fitting. stallation ·
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The Dos and Don'ts of Installing SharkBite Fittings | SharkBite
May 19, 2025 - Leave room for an inch of space between fittings or from a wall so that the fitting can be removed if needed. Use proper pipe-cutting tools and cut the pipe squarely and evenly. Use rotary pipe cutters for copper...
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r/HomeImprovement on Reddit: Has anyone used Sharkbite fittings for copper pipe?
April 7, 2016 -
These things seem like the perfect product. Does anyone have any long term experience with these leaking? How are they to work with?
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Sounds like nothing but great things to say about them. I'll be using them as required. This latest project was a dishwasher installation.
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Yes, I've used 1. Last year, I had to replace the flapper in the toilet. Simple job. Yea, nothing is ever simple. Trip# 1 to the hardware store. Picked up new flapper. Make it back home with no issues and begin the simple project of replacing the flapper. I tried to turn off the water at the shut off valve, only to have the shut off valve break. Fine, I'll replace that too. Trip #2 to the hardware store. Fresh solder and flux, along with a new valve. Head back home. Set up the old trusty propane torch. Torch ran for about 5 full minutes before running out of propane. Trip #3 to hardware store. New Map-Pro torch kit. Should have bought this instead of the propane kit anyway. Back to the house. Try to remove the old valve. No amount of heat with break that sucker free. Coat with flux. Melt new solder into the joint. No go. More heat. More solder. Chanel lock pliers and pulling on the valve. It will not budge. Swear words flow as freely as the broken valve. Finally, got the valve free. Oh shit. That joint I was trying to work loose didn't come undone, however the joint coming out of the wall did. I now have approximately 1/2" (12.7mm) of pipe to work with sticking out of the wall. No problem, I'll just solder to that. Problem now is that I can't get enough heat on the pipe to properly sweat the joint without setting the wall on fire. I grabbed old license plates and put them around the little bit of pipe coming from the wall. That works well! No wait, it doesn't. The wall behind the license plates is on fire. Put out fire. Trip #3 to hardware store. Look around for options. Call friends. Ask for advice. Sharkbite connector? What is that? Contractor friend swears by them. Fine. Whatever. I'll do anything to be done with this simple 5 minute job. Back to the house. Clean up copper pipe and sand away the mess of solder. Push on sharkbite connector. Install valve. Hook up water line. Replace flapper. I will never solder a pipe again. No leaks, no mess, no setting the walls on fire. I would and will absolutely use sharkbite connectors on whatever plumbing disaster happens in the future. If you need it, I have a nice Map-Pro kit I'm not using.
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I used a sharkbite valve to replace one under my sink, the one thing I don't like about using it as a valve is that it does not prevent it from spinning like a soldered connection would. Was super simple to work with, but they are more expensive fittings than straight copper. Can't speak to the longevity of them, but I am curious to the answer myself. I've always been a little wary of them since it has a lot of plastic internals.
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SharkBite Push-to-Connect Fittings - How to Install PEX Tubing, Copper Tubing, and CPVC Tubing | CRW Home Center, Inc.
April 18, 2024 - Here's how: Cut the pipe or tube you're working with evenly, so that its ends are square. Make sure you deburr the ends of the pipe so that there are no rough edges. If you're using copper, mark the correct depth for the fitting.
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How to Install SharkBite Max on Copper Pipe - YouTube
Watch a live demo of how to properly install the new SharkBite Max fittings on copper piping.
Published July 23, 2023
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How To: Install SharkBite Max Fittings | SharkBite
Cut your pipe squarely and ensure it is free of debris. If using copper, deburr the pipe using Emory Cloth and a Deburr Tool. Measure and mark the insertion depth. With the SharkBite Deburr & Gauge Tool, mark the insertion depth. You can also find the SharkBite Insertion Depth Chart here.
Published July 24, 2024
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SharkBite
Barbed Fittings, SharkBite® Copper PEX Manifolds and · other SharkBite® Accessories - to be free of defects in · material and workmanship for the time periods shown · below and when used and installed in accordance with the
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Replacing Copper Pipes and Fittings with SharkBite Push Fit Connectors - YouTube
Replacing copper pipes and fittings with SharkBite push fit connectors is super easy. Today I'm going to show you how I used SharkBite fittings to save some ...
Published November 14, 2012
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How To Install Sharkbite Fittings - YouTube
I’ll show you the critical steps to fully seat the pipe into the fitting and point out some initial mistakes you can avoid to ensure a snug fit. This DIY-fri...
Published June 5, 2024
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Sharkbite makes "slip couplings":
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These are designed to slip deep over one end of a pipe, to allow a fix pipe like your PEX segment to get in place, then slip back for the final connection. The "About this product" section on the Hope Depot link claims that this device can handle a 2" missing segment of pipe. If you cut clean that damaged copper pipe end and properly size the length of replacement PEX, you can slide a slip coupling on the copper pipe and slip it back over the PEX end, and the repair is complete.
(The product is shown for example purposes only, I'm not affiliated with this product or Home Depot.)
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Replace more (throughly unbendable) copper with (slightly bendable) PEX. If you can replace the copper to a point where it turns 90 anyway, one 90 and one straight will get the job done easily while (as @keshlam has already noted) the stock solution to a short splice in a stiff line is four 90's. In a longer straight line situation you can loop or wiggle the PEX (respecting minimum bend radius) or you could use 2 90's and a U-Bend (respecting minimum bend radius) of PEX between them. That might be better done to the next joist bay or the one after that to keep the bends large.
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How to Install SharkBite Push-to-Connect Fittings - YouTube
Learn how to install SharkBite push-to-connect fittings fast with this helpful How-To Video. The SharkBite Universal brass push-to-connect fittings create a ...
Published July 24, 2018 Views 238K
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Pipe Fittings: Insertion Depth Chart ǀ SharkBite
December 17, 2024 - SharkBite push-to-connect fittings are compatible with PEX, copper, CPVC, PE-RT and HDPE pipe. We also offer transition push-to-connect transition fittings for PVC and polybutylene pipe types. There are no special tools, crimping, glue or soldering required and fittings can be installed in wet ...
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Using SharkBite for Copper Lines: Quick FAQ Guide
Trim the copper so it remains outside, ensuring the fitting is accessible. Create a loop with a piece of PEX starting at the intended location for the main shut-off valve, extending to where the water heater will be situated.
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SharkBite ™ Max Installation Guide
SharkBite Grounding on · Copper Pipe · When connecting a SharkBite Max · fitting to a copper piping system, install · a copper jumper cable to ensure proper · grounding. SharkBite Max fittings are not · an electrically continuous fitting. Installation ·
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Bonding Around SharkBite Copper Plumbing Fittings | Information by Electrical Professionals for Electrical Professionals
March 18, 2021 - SHARKBITE GROUNDING ON COPPER PIPE When connecting a SharkBite Universal fitting to a copper piping system, install a copper jumper cable to ensure proper grounding.
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r/Plumbing on Reddit: How much copper to remove from a pipe to add a Sharkbite Shut Off Valve?
March 28, 2023 -
Copper pipe running to a washing machine washing connection. No shut off valve on that line, so if you want to replace the washing machine you need to shut off the water to the whole house. Irritating
I want to cut the pipe and add in a sharkbite shut off valve. Obviously I need to make 2 cuts and remove some length of the pipe. Shockingly, Google has gotten so bad now it can't even find me this answer.
How much pipe do you cut out? 1/2 inch? 1 inch? More?
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Repair Copper Pipe Leaks with SharkBites (Super EASY) - YouTube
This video shares how to repair copper pipe leaks. These 4 easy tips use SharkBite fittings. We cover what tools to use and the proper way to prep copper pip...
Published April 6, 2020 Views 59K