Flair-It Shut Off to a Flexible Hose (correct way)

My previous post had been on a way to go from a Flair-It Shut Off to a flexible hose. It involved cutting off the nipple of one side of the shut off, to leave only threads.

We'll that's an extra step now! Check out the item below:

Find it here @ Ashvillemobilehomes.com

Remember, hard work pays off. But smart work pays for itself.

Rigging a Pex Shut Off to work with a flexible Supply Hose

Have you ever installed a shut off under a sink? It's not fun. The angle is painful, and the supply lines probably aren't aligned with the faucet supply lines. Pex Pipe is not flexible over short distances.

You have a spark of inspiration, and decide to use a flexible 1/2" hose to bridge the gap...and then find 

out that you can't hook the flexible hose to the pex shut off.

What do you do? It just won't fit. Look at the picture below. Cut the nipple off at the black line with a hacksaw. Clear any sheared plastic bits, and apply a layer or two of teflon tape! 

And there you have it. A Pex Shut Off working with a female flexible hose!

Ashville Mobile Homes Newest Employee - Chewy!

Ashville Mobile Homes Newest Employee - Chewy!

This magnificent cat you see pictured came to us as a little flea covered kitten who lived at a local Huddle House. He crawled under Trailer John's truck and rode back to work with him. 

He is 7 months old now, and spends his time biting customers and getting belly rubs from the staff. When not biting customers (hence the name Chewy), he spends his time sleeping near the front desk, snoozing in an office chair on a towel, napping on the counter and eating.

Replace the whole mobile home faucet or look for washers?

Replace the whole mobile home faucet or look for washers?


Your bathroom or kitchen faucet is leaking. Your Options:

1.  Try to replace the washer or valve. 
2.  Drop $20 dollars and replace the whole faucet 

Let us break these options down, if you don't want to read any further, just replace the faucet.


Options 1 (and why it is bad):


Why replace spend $20s when the o-ring is 50 cents? Finding the exact o-ring is equivalent to finding a
$1000 dollar bill on the ground. It's out there..somewhere..waiting for you to walk past it. Good Luck.

99% of the time (1% margin of error), everyone who turned down a replacement faucet come back and
buy the replacement faucet in the end. It is nearly impossible to find the exact o-ring, sorry.

This is what your will look like at the end of option 1:

Option 2 (the correct answer):

Remember the saying 'do it right the first time', 'measure twice, cut once'? This is just like that. Replacing a mobile home faucet takes about 30 minutes, and you have a new faucet, not the old worn one which has already broken once.

Replace it quick and easy and get out of there before your wife decides to do any more renovating!