Electric Hot Water Heater Installation With Pex

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Electric hot water heater installation with pex.

Diy how to hook up a hot water tank with pex tubing. Although this was hooked up without soldering this will have to be addressed down the road. Instead you can use a flex line like this. 1 cost of product unless you buy a new water heater in advance and ask us to install it separately any in home consultation that includes a replacement water heater install will have the product s cost included.

Shut down the water supply first before working with the connection. Cross linked polyethylene pex hot and cold water distribution systems of the plastic pipe and fittings association. Make sure the drain valve is completely closed and then turn the main water supply on and open all line valves. There s no need to use pex on your water heater and you probably shouldn t seeing as how your t p valve won t go off until after you ve already exceeded pex s maximum operating temperature.

A copper stub out elbow and a copper pipe will do. Step 2 connect the metal connector to the water heater. Sometimes opening a hot water faucet on a sink helps the water heater tank to empty faster. Install a minimum 18 inches of metallic or other approved material piping between water heater and pex tubing.

Step 4 when the tank is empty remove the discharge pipe from the t p temperature pressure relief valve. Step 1 shut down the water supply. Connect the plumbing supply lines to the water heater according to manufacturer s instructions and local code requirements solid copper pipe or flexible copper supply lines are common.