Plumbing - over-securing pex?

[garrett1812]

I am going to add a water softener and whole house water filter soon. I plan to build a three way bypass each for the filter and water softener. The entire house is plumbed in pex, so I plan to continue this way. I planned to mount everything to a board, which I will attach with tapcons to the basement wall behind the water softener. I see some ball valves with ear drops, would these be okay to use, or would this cause problems with expansion and contraction by over-securing everything to this board?

http://www.pexuniverse.com/3-4-pex-brass-ball-valve-drop-ear-lead-free

 

[Rookie2]

I don't see any problem with them. I would try to keep all the fittings aligned (use or make stand offs) so that there is no side pressure on the joints (crimp connections).

 

[garrett1812]

Quick sketch of what is planned to mount onto this board.

 

[TLCObsession]

You don't need the ball valves on either side of the whole house filter - you buy them with a bypass valve. I would use Unistrut and Hydra-zorb clamps.

 

[garrett1812]

You don't need the ball valves on either side of the whole house filter - you buy them with a bypass valve. I would use Unistrut and Hydra-zorb clamps.

Just looked up those clamps, very nice system!

 

[theoldwizard1]

My son mounted part of his pex to a board and to a cement block wall. He used Read Head Poly Set fasteners to fasten the board to the wall.

 

[Boomer343]

I used these when I plumbed in my water heater and water softener. Additional fittings were needed for the softener.
http://www.sharkbite.com/product/flexible-water-heater-connectors-with-ball-valves/

Gives a neat package and flexibility.

 

[larry_g]

My water softener came with the bypass system built in, making the bypass system I built redundant. Check out the WS before you build your system.

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