Connect the pipes using pex fittings and the expansion tool.
Connect water heater to pex piping.
Can i connect pex to my water heater.
Installing a sharkbite water heater hose.
Check your local plumbing codes to see if hard piping to your water heater is required.
Step 2 connect the metal connector to the water heater.
Step 3 solder the copper stub to the water heater.
Stainless steel corrugated connectors can be used as an alternative to hard piping.
Water heater hoses with ball valves provide a shut off on the supply side of the water heater.
Step 1 shut down the water supply.
From your water heater and connect the pex to the pipe.
Shut the water off to the house and open all the faucets in the house to remove any water remaining in the pipes.
Cut and remove all the polybutylene piping from the house.
Pex can t be directly connected to a water heater.
Shut down the water supply first before working with the connection.
To bypass the heater core you need to remove the two water hoses going through the firewall from the engine compartment to the heater core and connect them together so that the water loops around.
Run new pex piping through all the locations where the polybutylene used to be.
How to connect pex tubing to a water heater.