Plumbing in a '95 BB

[Pete Masterson]

I found the Flair-It web site to work rather poorly ... but I was
successful in ordering what I needed from <http://www.pexconnection.com>

Apparently, PEX plumbing isn't permitted in the California building
code, so no one carries the tubing or related products locally. I
realize that the gray tubing used in my coach is probably
polybutylene -- a product that was manufactured from 1978 and
discontinued in 1995 due to significant litigation over premature
failures (in homes). The catalog from Pex Connection states that the
Flair-It fittings were first developed to work with polybutylene and
adapted to work with PEX.

I appreciate your response and it was a considerable aid in my
finding a source for the fittings so I can finish my pump replacement.

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On Jan 27, 2007, at 5:57 PM, jim fenn wrote:

> Just came in from plumbing some lines on my Cortez. http://www.flair-
> it.com. They make the fittings that fit the polybutylene and PEX
> tubing. My local Ace caries them. Jim in MT 81FC35RB
>
> Pete Masterson wrote: Both of my house
> water pumps were oozing water and needed to be
> rebuilt. Instead of rebuilding them, I opted to replace them with the
> Shurflow variable speed pump and I'm in the process of installing it
> now.
>
> As with most things BB, there are unanticipated complications!
>
> The existing plumbing uses gray tubing labeled "Thermoplastic tubing
> 1/2" [or 3/4" depending] (CTS-OD) 100 PSI at 180 F" It's connected
> together with white plastic compression fittings that look like
> nothing in any of the home centers around here.
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