Pex for faucet water lines in NYC
laughable. i can buy plumbing parts that are not to code in these stores but they refuse to sell power actuated ammo. they make too many decisions about what they can sell based not on the law but on the risk it provides to their bottom line. there is something wrong with that mode of thinking.

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in Plumbers and Plumbing 10 years and 3 months ago
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greenstuy | 10 years and 3 months ago
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Our house is plumbed with copper but the short hoses that go from the faucet to the copper water lines are PEX. Is this to code in NYC?

dorkofwindsor | 10 years and 3 months ago
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are you sure they are pex and not just flexible plastic? Pex is not that flexible, hookups complicated, and almost always red or blue. And i think many hookups are in fact flexible plastic, even the ones with the metal braided outer casing. I think if someone used pex it would be a lot more work than just going to home depot and getting the plastic flexible supply lines off the shelf. If my assumptions are correct, and it isn’t pex, i think this is OK and the standard way of doing things. EDIT: I just realized that my delta kitchen faucet came with its own grey pex tubing. Never thought of that as i was hooking it up [insert crazyface emoticon here]. Having said that, i’m not worried at all, the first 1 second is always cleared out. Besides, its good practice as in NY state i think even “lead free” fixtures are allowed to have 10% lead so you should run the water for a second anyway.

greenstuy | 10 years and 3 months ago
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Thanks. You are right. I am not sure they are PEX. They are flexible pipes covered with metal braided outer casing. (They may have come with the faucet). So this is the standard way to attach a kitchen faucet in NYC?

daveinbedstuy | 10 years and 3 months ago
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Sounds like the hookups that you get with most faucets now.

Master Plvmber | 10 years and 3 months ago
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You have braided faucet supply tubes. They are Code compliant when used in accessible locations and under 18″ in length.

Master Plvmber | 10 years and 3 months ago
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PEX is not code compliant for domestic water piping in NYC.

dorkofwindsor | 10 years and 3 months ago
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Master Plvmber – that does not include piping from shutoff to fixture, does it? Manufacturers are including it as an integral part of their fixtures. (or maybe its just Delta)

Master Plvmber | 10 years and 3 months ago
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If it comes from a manufacturer then it’s intended for sale elsewhere. It’s explicitly disallowed in the Code.

eman134 | 10 years and 3 months ago
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MP…It is amazing how much subcode stuff is sold at HD and Lowes, faucets, stoves without piezos,window guards that do not meet code… I was in HD the other day and they had a big sign advertising new boilers installed by their subcontractors. Are any of those jobs filed ? Why doesn’t NYC go after them?