If you are into the whole house idea, then PEX is a good way to go. If however, you are just looking at the supply line to your new sink, I'd go with good ol' copper. The hole in the wall should be a quick drywall patch and if you add a couple of individual shut offs to zone out the darkroom, they will give you peace of mind while you are away for extended periods of time. Enjoy the new work space. EJ Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 214-827-8301 http://ericneilsenphotography.com Skype : ejprinter > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Speedy . > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:14 AM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: More on Sink project > > I have no knowledge of what might or might be placed into the > water by > routing it through a hose... > > My suggestion is that if you should decide to "Do it the RIGHT > way" to use > PEX tubing. It is very resistant to leakage from freezing etc > and very easy > to work with. The most expensive part of using PEX is > acquiring the > crimping tools. If you can find a place to rent the crimping > tools then it > gets easy. > > I re-plumbed a whole house using PEX in about 8 hours... > > Speedy > > > > --------------------------- > -----Copper would be a preferred choice, but I had a "darkroom" > that used > the Y method. I think the one I bought had a valve so I could > turn off > either or both the Y splits. Might try to find something like > that so you > don't have potential leakage in the darkroom when not in use. > > Gary > > At 01:45 PM 12/28/2006, you wrote: > > Well as hopefully the house I am about to buy will close > tomorrow, the > actual sink construction looms closer. Now a couple of thing I > had not > thought about come to mind. > > I am going to be tying into the line for the washer so an > easy way to do > it might be to just put a Y fitting on the end of whats there > and run other > washing machine hose over to where I need the end to be. Or > for that matter > even regular garden hoses. It will certainly be easier, but > wouldn't be as > durable. Still if it gets me out of making holes in dry wall, > drilling > holes for pipe then fixing the dry wall again, I can live with > it. > > The other thing that came to mind is there likely anything > in those > hoses, or anything the water might pick up that could cause a > problem that > wouldn't be there with plumbing pipe. Running pipe is better > than ruined > prints. I can not see that it would be that big of an issue, > but then again > I've been wrong many times. TIA Mark > > _______________________________________________________________ > __ > Get live scores and news about your team: Add the Live.com > Football Page > www.live.com/?addtemplate=football&icid=T001MSN30A0701 > > =============================================================== > ============================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you > set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.