HootblackDesiato t1_iwcli5m wrote on November 14, 2022 at 5:26 PM

If that’s PEX supply line, you can cut the line directly below the plastic cap and crimp on a new PEX fitting. You’ll lose a couple inches of length so you may need a longer line to the fixture.

PEX is easy to deal with. I did an extensive plumbing redo in my master bath, all in PEX, and it’s fairly dummy-proof as long as you use the right tools and a go / no-go gauge.

Good luck!

Parley_Pratts_Kin OP t1_iwcm7wz wrote on November 14, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Thanks. This will be my second option if I can’t just swap out movable parts in the valve. I believe it is a Pex line but is there anyway to know for sure? I’d just have to go buy a few tools if so since I don’t have any for working with Pex. Still cheaper than a plumber though.

HootblackDesiato t1_iwcn4j6 wrote on November 14, 2022 at 5:37 PM

Yeah, I don’t know how you’d know definitively if it’s PEX. The stuff I buy locally ((Home Depot, Texas) is not translucent like what you’re showing but a quick Google search shows that it comes that way. I don’t know of any other kind of plastic used for supply lines (but I’m not a plumber).

Also I saw a reference to PEX-A and PEX-B….. life is never simple!

hamildub t1_iwekh9t wrote on November 15, 2022 at 1:33 AM

Definitely better to replace that valve with a ball valve, along with the other one.

As others have mentioned that is pex, and is very easy to work with.you could install a sharkbite shutoff as long as the flexhose to the faucet will reach the new, slightly lower threads