The Great Galvanized to PEX Upgrade
I swear every home improvement project starts with me saying, "While I'm at it..." This time it started with the bathroom. The bathroom needs updating. Nothing major—just about everything. New vanity, new flooring, new fixtures, maybe a fresh coat of paint. Simple enough, right? Then I looked at the old galvanized water lines. Now if you've ever had galvanized plumbing, you know those pipes have probably been there since dinosaurs were roaming the neighborhood. They may technically still work, but every time I turn on a faucet I wonder if the water is taking a detour through fifty years of rust before it gets to me. So naturally my brain went straight to, "Well, if I'm redoing the bathroom, I might as well replace all the water lines with PEX." That's where the project officially went from a weekend job to a full-blown adventure. The funny part is I don't really want to hire a plumber to do it. Not because I don't respect plumbers. Quite th...
