I have a 54x100 shop. Eventually it will have a wall down the middle and half will be heated, fixed up, etc. probably not going to happen this fall like I had hoped. When we bought the place it had a old fashioned outdoor hydrant in the corner with a drain right there. I got a utility tub/sink I am going to put right there for now. I also bought a small 6 gallon water heater. The sink is used and has 30” steel braided hoses coming out of it with 3/8” female ends. The water heater has 3/4” male npt for the inlet and outlet and obviously the hydrant has a 3/4” garden hose thread. Plumbing is my week area. What is my best bet to tie this together? Pex? Just put a few brass fittings and some of those braided steel lines? Do I need anything special right out of the water heater to handle the heat? The hydrant is right next to the sink and the water heater will e underneath the sink. Thanks for your help!
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Plumbing up sink
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Firebrick43
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I would personally do copper under the sink. Pex does better with flowing bends not lots of fittings in a small area. Pex fittings are pretty salty to boot. A small area like this would take a hand full of fittings and one piece of copper, and deal with the heat better to.
Hoses, even braided ones are to be avoided when possible. Burst appliance hoses are one of the leading cause of water damage claims.
Hoses, even braided ones are to be avoided when possible. Burst appliance hoses are one of the leading cause of water damage claims.
nadogail
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Reduce the 3/4" to 1/2" pipe size and then adapt to 3/8 Compression to connect your flex hoses to the water heater.
IMHO, Stay away from the white plastic drain fittings sold at the big box stores, go with ABS instead.
IMHO, Stay away from the white plastic drain fittings sold at the big box stores, go with ABS instead.
spudley
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Sounds like a system I used for an outdoor sink for my previous (small) garage. I built a fairly watertight cabinet with a sink basin on top, ran a hose to a six gallon electric WH inside, and drained it to a drywell. Of course I shut things down in winter.
I used steel pipe because that's what I had on hand but I'd go with copper if you're capable of sweating fittings (not very hard).
Check the condition of the braided hoses out real good...I just had one break off at the fitting in an upper bathroom. Very lucky I heard water running after I turned on the pump at a remote cabin. I usually head directly outdoors for a few hours. What a mess I would've had!
I used steel pipe because that's what I had on hand but I'd go with copper if you're capable of sweating fittings (not very hard).
Check the condition of the braided hoses out real good...I just had one break off at the fitting in an upper bathroom. Very lucky I heard water running after I turned on the pump at a remote cabin. I usually head directly outdoors for a few hours. What a mess I would've had!
dcg9381
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We completed our "shop kitchen" about a year ago. All of the lines are PEX. The cost of these tools has come way down. It's really an easy system. Way easier than sweating copper pipes.
Talking with our local plumber, he does the pipes coming out of the wall in copper - basically "J" bends at the sink, but they are connected to PEX.
Braided hoses for sure.
Talking with our local plumber, he does the pipes coming out of the wall in copper - basically "J" bends at the sink, but they are connected to PEX.
Braided hoses for sure.