Cut Galvanized pipe to PEX connection question.

09-19-2011, 12:29 PM	#1
rkerwood Newbie   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1	Cut Galvanized pipe to PEX connection question. How do I Connect PEX to a cut end of galvanized pipe in an underground instalation?

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09-19-2011, 11:11 PM	#2
Alan Doing it myself     Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Crescent City, CA Posts: 3,427	Cut Galvanized pipe to PEX connection question. You don't. Not without rethreading the cut end of galvanized anyway. __________________ Journeyman Plumber

09-19-2011, 11:35 PM	#3
plumber666 Plumb or Die!   Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 321	Cut Galvanized pipe to PEX connection question. Best to eliminate the galvanized completely, a lot of areas they make you do that. If its gotta stay, keep digging back till you find a threaded connection and adapt from there. Or like Alan said, rent a hand threader and thread it in place.