Connect the pipes using pex fittings and the expansion tool.
Connect water heater to pex piping.
Installing a sharkbite water heater hose.
Cut and remove all the polybutylene piping from the house.
Shut the water off to the house and open all the faucets in the house to remove any water remaining in the pipes.
Check your local plumbing codes to see if hard piping to your water heater is required.
Shut down the water supply first before working with the connection.
From your water heater and connect the pex to the pipe.
Step 2 connect the metal connector to the water heater.
Water heater hoses with ball valves provide a shut off on the supply side of the water heater.
Step 4 prepare the pex tubing.
Can i connect pex to my water heater.
To bypass the heater core you need to remove the two water hoses going through the firewall from the engine compartment to the heater core and connect them together so that the water loops around.
Step 1 shut down the water supply.
First extend a pipe 18 in.
Step 3 solder the copper stub to the water heater.
Pex can t be directly connected to a water heater.
Stainless steel corrugated connectors can be used as an alternative to hard piping.