Brass Fitting Litigation - PEX

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

FYI -

Another class-action suit has been filed for failures of brass fittings in PEX systems installations.

http://www.uponorlawsuit.com/index.html

[Russell J. Hensel]

ty for the info...here we go again...

[Sean Fogarty]

Whats in the water up there???

[Vince Santos]

So these are not the same QPEX fittings?

[Kenneth Dolin]

That bites, I LOVE the PEX system

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

They have fittings other than brass, which have had no reported failures.

[Kenneth Dolin]

And the funny thing is I was using the Brass fittings exclusively because I thought they were a better product.

[James R. Szczesny]

There a many brands of Pex brass fittings. Not all fail.

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by jszczesny

There a many brands of Pex brass fittings. Not all fail.

Exactly...

The fittings from http://www.uponorlawsuit.com/index.html are identified by:

Uponor's fittings are identified by a P Pex or MB Pex stamped on their side.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Originally Posted by jszczesny

There a many brands of Pex brass fittings. Not all fail.

That was never implied.

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by jszczesny

There a many brands of Pex brass fittings. Not all fail.

Originally Posted by jpope

That was never implied.

This may have confused some:

They have fittings other than brass, which have had no reported failures.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Sorry for any confusion...

[Marcel R. Cyr]

http://www.uponorlawsuit.com/product.html

[David W. Lawson]

While it is true that it was brass fittings that were failing in the lawsuit, the plastic fittings are fine, IF they are properly installed. Failure in plastic fittings comes from the improper installation and not the product design. And, while the system may look good and have plastic, beware, are you sure it installed properly by the technician who did the job? I love these systems, uh huh.

[Gary Farnsworth]

I built my home in 2004, all with white ZURN-PEX lines. Connectors and elbows are all brass. Crimp rings are copper, stamped with PEX on the rings. System has watts pressure regulator set at 62 lbs. No problems so far. T-connectors are marked SOM-PEX. Half inch elbows are marked "PEX-F-1087-NSF61. Three quarter elbows are "3/4 PEX-NSF-PW-Korea AH.U".