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Vent: That master plumber who told me to never use sharkbites on commercial jobs was right
Old timer named Frank told me when I was starting out 8 years ago that push-fit fittings on a 4-inch copper main in a restaurant kitchen was asking for trouble. I figured he was just set in his ways, so I used them anyway behind a wall at a burger joint downtown. Sure enough, 14 months later I got a frantic call about a slow drip behind the fryer station that had soaked through the drywall. Had to cut out a whole 3-foot section and sweat on couplings, which cost the owner $700 in labor alone. Has anyone else had a push-fit failure on hot water lines in a commercial setting?
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leet321mo ago
Yeah I learned that lesson twice, brain fade is expensive.
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mason_knight1mo ago
Used to think it was overblown until I fried a board last month. @leet32 nailed it.
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butler.mark3d ago
Man, that's the kind of lesson that sticks with you forever lol. Frank sounds like he knew his stuff, those old timers usually do after seeing stuff fail for decades. I've never had one pop on me in a commercial kitchen, but I've heard enough horror stories to keep me away from using them anywhere with hot water under pressure.
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