I'll show you step by step how I changed Twist Gate Valves to Quarter Turn Ball Valves, and replace copper pipes to Pex A pipes. There are several tools for this, but this manual PEX A expansion tool is the most economical for a home owner/DIYer.
I've zero professional experience with plumbing, but I thought I'd try this out myself. I made a lot of mistakes along the way and didn't cut them out, they'll serve as a reminder.
The Manual Expansion Tool is expensive, but not if you consider the price to pay a plumber, or to buy the tools necessary to solder or do anything else for plumbing repairs. It's by far the easiest system to work with, it leaves a ton of room for error, it's flexible, reusable and almost dummy proof. I'm not sure if there's a difference in the term Propex and PEX A.
If i had to buy it again, I'd get this one on Amazon ($99):
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00:00 Brief Intro and Overview
00:23 What went wrong with my copper plumbing/gate valves
00:51 Creating a shopping list online
02:44 Putting together the PEX A Expansion Tool for the first time
03:11 PEX A Fittings
04:38 Removing Propex fitting from PEX A pipe
05:23 Expanding the Propex fitting and PEX A pipe
05:32 Installing Ball Valve onto PEX A pipe using expansion fittings
05:58 Turn off home water main valve.
07:23 Installing ready system to existing copper pipe.
07:39 Turn on water (spill #1)
08:46 Turn on water (spill #2)
09:23 Turn on water (temp success)
09:48 Finishing the Job
10:49 Turn on water (spill #3)
11:23 Turn on water (final success!)
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