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Old 01-11-2024, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by photo1902 View Post
That's your perogative. I do my own plumbing, but if I hired a plumber that used SharkBites, I'd find another plumber. Also, SharkBite sells solvent weld, in addition to push-to connect, so you'd need to see which they used.

I do my own plumbing also. At the time my back was out and I couldn’t crawl under the kitchen sink. Shark bite also has removal tool that makes them easy to remove, not like the accor ones widely used you have to twist off. I also was suspicious until I watch utube pressure test With different types connections including soldered shark bite was the last one to fail all most every time.