Toilet Supply-STOP using PEX

For water supply termination, just use a drop ear, nipple, escutcheon, and 1/4 turn valve. It can easily be changed, unlike a sweat, crimp, or expansion fitting. A drop ear and nipple are very rigid and look professional and clean. PEX is great for transporting potable water, just stop letting it hang out and show.

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[omegaplumbing]

Only have done that once but I used chrome sleeves. And Oddly enough it was in a 3 million dollar home lol. Now I strictly use copper stub outs or if it real high end and depending on the fixture wings ells that accept brass nipples.

[keithmitchell]

As a plumber its not about what you want its about what they are willing to pay for

[davidcosborn]

This is a great idea. I'm doing this for my whole house plumbing reno. Thanks.

[integrer]

Fantastic! Thank you, I was getting so disappointed in PEX with valves dangling out in the air with no support, this is the solution I was looking for.

[robertschuster]

I am a plumber and I've come across those drop eared ells in the wall with nipples coming out. Does look better but the nipple carodes where it goes into the brass and leeks after time. Have run into that problem several times.

[hey.you.in.the.bushes]

Good idea. Was at Home Depot and had to shit and left my stuff outside the bathroom and when i got done, they had already picked it up and put it all back. Saw this and went this way.

[itaintrocketscience]

I just run garden hose in the wall. That's actually the easiest way. Plus you can get garden hose in many colors

[brandonhamby-gtev]

We use copper stub outs and connect them to the pex in the wall, then mount the copper stub out with a pipe mount, so it doesn’t move around when installing shutoffs.

[CamReau]

Classic example of the one plumber guy we all know

[peterman]

I like it. Great for future serviceability and looks nice and professional. There are a million ways to do things and on my future toilet stubouts, I might just start doing this method. As for where I source my parts, I just looked up the additional parts necessary to do this method and it will cost around $9. Actually considering I currently use a pex to copper stubout that costs around $6, the true cost increase for this new method for me will be around $3. The escutcheon plate and valve are not included in any of these prices obviously since you need these for any method. It might not be worth it for some of you and there are a lot of varying opinions out there. To me, the couple of dollars is worth it. I should also mention, that I do not do production work so that multiplier doesn't come into play for me. Thanks for the video and the tip!

[cranesimple]

Oh yes, the very first thing I do in someone’s home is look at the piping behind the toilet and under the sink. If I see pex we leave immediately.

[danball]

I totally agree if your rehabbing or even building a house but if it's already built and you're just trying to take out the old and put in the new before it penetrates either comes up from the bottom or down from the top it's easier just to connect at that point.

[GentsConstruction]

Drop ears are way too pricey for this. Just do PEX to copper stub outs

[OneManParade]

Not bad! Never thought of that. Nice job. I will suggest that next time i come across that.

[cranelord]

I don't disagree that it looks better but one of the biggest advantages of pex is it reduces the number fitting in the wall. I'd rather minimize potential failure points.

[ScottWConvid]

This should be the standard. Great video, thanks

[bbarney]

So glad this came across my feed! Totally doing this.

[daleclark]

We use copper stub els sweated into a hold-rite, then compression stops during set outs. Sits a lot closer to the wall and looks great!✌

[MrStatic]

Electrician here. From now on when I dabble in plumbing I shall follow your lead.

[dopeylindstrom]

Most people dont give a shit as long as the toilet works and dont leak.