How To Stub Out PEX Plumbing for PEX-A & PEX-B

A simple way to stub out your PEX pipes without wasting your money on the "Fancy" Bracket Kits...In my Opinions at least. I've installed several styles of the pre built stub out brackets and it never seems to be a fun process. So I took the matter into my own hands and tried something different and I feel it turned out way more sturdy and saved me time and money.

I'll walk you through the steps I took to make these stub outs Step-By-Step
I'll link below some of the parts I used and I'll also place them in the video incase you want to try this out yourself.

Butterfly Style Clamp:

1" Cabinet Screws:

PEX Cutter:

1/2" PEX Fittings:

For-Knox Co. Website:

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[kurtschmiedel]

I’m a 67 year-old male who has done multiple DIY types of jobs and installations on new and remodels. I really enjoyed your video. You’re straight to the point very professionally done and you are extremely knowledgeable. I’m looking forward to watching the rest of your videos because even though I’m old I learned something new every day.

[goals]

This is outstanding. Thank you for sharing this technique.

Ive been struggling with those stupid brackets and plastic clamps and wasted so much time trying to tighten that thread. Definitely, going this route in the future.

[kennethj.jamrozyii]

I like that! Looks clean and looks like it works good. I have been trying to find something that works well.

Thank You!!

[fredism]

Great work. I'd be proud for a homeowner to see something like this on one of my projects.

[gerrymcintosh]

Good video and great, cost effective attention to detail. Keep up the good work Sir. 🇨🇦💝🇺🇸👍🙏

[Tracey]

7 brothers, 7 different minds. The more ideas, the better the knowledge of understanding the simplicity and technicality of what ideas we have to work with.

[brokenarrowez]

I grew up with galvanized n thread n cooper . Fifty six years later, I still use cooper. Second, nobody used gloves to work on pipes. Good video.

[libertarian]

This may be convenient for the first install but I prefer a dog ear elbow and brass nipple out to a threaded shut off; you can replace them easily years down the road and everything coming out oft he wall is ridged and cut safe. The PEX stubs aren’t as resilient and can be a real problem when a valve goes bad as they can not leave enough pipe to make another connection. The closes off copper stubs can be nice too as they’re hard and copper has the ability to be “repaired” more easily in the future.

[TheMixmastamike]

As a carpenter I am impressed with your craftsmanship brother.

[wjrobertson]

Thanks for the tip. I am replumbing my house due to defective PEX from 2005 era. I’ve had around 8 pipe leaks in 19 years.

[demordokos]

Just finished rough plumbing a 3500 sq ft home using those exact purple and white brackets. Can confirm, they seriously suck to deal with. Glad to see it wasn't all my fault. Wish I'd seen your vid 2 months ago.

[aaronakers]

Well, as a 25 year veteran plumber I just stub out with copper. It looks great and very sturdy. Or, use a pex drop ear 90 then a brass nipple. If the stop valve goes bad on the pex stub out then there is usually no room to get another stop on to make the repair. Just saying. At least he has put hot high and cold low.

[DDee-mhyy]

Real slick method. Great for RV conversions. Bravo, Dude!

[celticslimjim]

Have used a lot of different stub out methods. Never seen this before ..interesting and sturdy. All those saying copper stubouts are better are wrong imo. They used to fail all the time where the flange is attached. Pinhole right there eventually. Maybe new ones are better but i dont take that risk and just stub out uponor pex. As long as its protected from the sun then zero problems

[Gretsch]

I did this yesterday, except I used a 1 x 4" skinny piece of wood instead. It looks great and is firm. Thanks for the tip

[wilbready]

I use Pex b with the brass fittings and stainless steel crimp rings, have for over 20 years. I really admire your workmanship and explanation on using these black clamp pieces. I ordered 10 from the local Home Depot as your video played. I have a full bathroom and a laundry to plumbing in the next week so the timing is perfect. ~WilPaul

[bobmohr]

I saw your custom setup and I wish I could have found those black plastic PEX holders. I used 1/2” suspension clamps and 2x4 drilled to accept the clamp and screwed one side, once the PEX was through the hole I used a pliers to bring the other ear to the center and screwed it in place making the PEX very secure. I absolutely love your procedure and did what I had to do to make it work for me. Thanks for the video, top notch brother.

[dustina]

This was a really good and simple idea. Little more time maybe, but does have some pro's compared to using the brackets. Thumbs up thanks for the vid!

[pissedoften]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't want to bring the pex up through the bottom or back of the cabinet and didn't know those securement clips existed. Very nice.

[JoDoe]

THank you! Thank You! This is going to help me tons! why didnt i think of this...