[bcemail]

Decided to do some painting, a nice simple project...which never turns out that way. Especially as the previous owner tended more toward the DIWhy than DIY. Toilet sits about 12" away from the wall. Not sure why. Guessing someone measured wrong at one point. Old owner had built a little shelf to cover the plumbing and fill in the space, which made painting a pain. So I decided to just pull the shelf/box and build something nicer. But he had cut a hole in the box and run the source pipe through so I could just lift it off or turn the shut off there and undo it.

Now this is where the current owner enters the picture and screws things up (that's me). As I was moving things to try and get the box out of there, I noticed some dripping down near the pipes. Got worried that it had been running without us knowing, but I think it was just moving things that loosened something up. Tried to cut a hole for the box to slide over the pipe. Cheap plywood chipped out, and oscilating tool nicked the source pipe, causing bigger leak. Ran and got the water to the house shut off (as the wife was making dinner...). Had 25 mintues to get to Lowe's before they closed. Decided to use Shark Bites, as I don't know how to do any copper pipe soldering and never used PEX before. Had to cut several inches off the pipe stub, but luckily had enough sticking out of the floor to get a good connection.

Nothing is leaking, and the toilet seems to work fine. Are these connections permanent? I know they are sold as regular fixtures, but I'm just surprised that me pushing them together is a good enough connection. I also feel like the shut off valve should be connected to something rigid. Is it OK just hanging there as long as I hold it steady while turning it?

Thanks for the help and (hopefully) peace of mind!

 

[jmon]

Looks good. Biggest mistake people make when using sharbytes is they don't push them on the pipe all the way and they fail/leak. I always use a marker and mark the depth of the pipe that needs to go into the sharkbyte.

 

[sixeightten]

That will be fine. We have used shark bites for 15 years on many projects, albeit temporarily, and they are awesome. I know many who have used them for permanent repairs without issues.

 

[SPS-1]

Just that you have 3 connections (and 3 potential leak points) more than you need to. You could have got an in-line valve.

 

[dj3]

SPS-1 is right about it, what you did looks good, but a simple in line shut off would have been better.

 

[bcemail]

Looks good. Biggest mistake people make when using sharbytes is they don't push them on the pipe all the way and they fail/leak. I always use a marker and mark the depth of the pipe that needs to go into the sharkbyte.

Thanks, I got the little tool thing so was able to mark them. Glad I did, as one took more pushing than I thought it would

 

[bcemail]

That will be fine. We have used shark bites for 15 years on many projects, albeit temporarily, and they are awesome. I know many who have used them for permanent repairs without issues.

Thanks, good to hear. At least it's more exposed now, so if anything starts to leak I can get to it quicker

 

[bcemail]

Just that you have 3 connections (and 3 potential leak points) more than you need to. You could have got an in-line valve.

Thanks, I was basically grabbing what looked right, trying to beat the store closing and had to work the next morning.

 

[rjniles]

I would have put a straight stop on the pipe out of the floor and used 2 less fittings.

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[bcemail]

I would have put a straight stop on the pipe out of the floor and used 2 less fittings.

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Now that I looked up the straight stop valve that looks good. Just not sure if the toilet connector would reach down all the way. If anything leaks at any point I will definitely simplify things