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Appreciation post: that one pipe that made me rethink my whole layout
I was working on a repipe in a older house down in Austin last Tuesday and hit this one section where the previous guy had run PEX through a joist bay like absolute spaghetti. Came back to it after lunch and realized if I just moved that one branch 6 inches to the left, I could avoid three extra fittings and save about 40 minutes of crimping. I learned that sometimes the worst design choices are just someone not taking a second look before committing. It's wild how a tiny shift in planning can cut your headache in half. Has anyone else found a single bad pipe run that taught you more than any blueprint ever did?
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sullivan.john9d ago
Man I had almost the exact same thing happen on a job in a pier and beam in San Antonio. Stared at this one PEX loop that snaked around like a drunk rattlesnake and finally just snipped it and reran it straight through the same joist bay. Saved myself maybe three sharkbite couplings and an hour of swearing at fittings. The real kicker was I had to eat my pride because the homeowner watched me do the whole thing over. Still think about that pipe sometimes.
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