THE VIDEO SHELF · plumbing freeze testing
Copper vs Pex vs SharkBite - Freeze Testing
Builder Matt Risinger freezes water-filled copper and PEX piping capped with SharkBite fittings to see which survives. The video compares how each pipe type handles freezing.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an interesting experiment showing PEX tolerates freezing better than copper.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Matt Risinger
- Topic
- plumbing freeze testing
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I think the flexible hoses are very common in newer houses. The labor costs are much lower. It also performs well in cold climates. Apparently the technology started in Germany in the 80s so it is well proven. Matt Risinger, a high end home contractor …
pkaye on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Efficient Hot-Water Piping (2013) [pdf]Matt Risinger (austin-based homebuilder) did a freeze comparison between copper, pex, and sharkbite fittings some time back. It was pretty interesting. At this point, I'd probably go for PEX-A (compression band) over PEX-B (the crimp style) because of the risk of getting the crimp not …
hcoyote on Hacker News · 2019-06
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