SharkBite 3/4 Inch x 1/2 Inch Ball Valve, Push to Connect Brass Plumbing Fitting, Water Shut Off, PEX Pipe, Copper, CPVC, PE-RT, HDPE, 22973LF

I installed this valve today on 1/2 copper pipe so that I could turn off the water to our hose outside rather than having to turn off the whole house. I strongly recommend watching videos about properly prepping the copper pipe before installing the SharkBite fittings. It is critical that the copper pipe is cut straight, and the inside and outside edge of the end of the pipe is smooth and clean. I used a pencil like knife, a debur tool, to shave the edge off the inside. I used the SharkBite debur & measurement tool to debur the outer edge. And I used a metal bristle tool to clean the inside of the pipe of any shavings. It also had a place to brush the outside and clean it up.You have to push the fitting on as straight as possible and push firmly until it is fully connected. I am so happy with this valve. I highly recommend it!

The ball valve arrived a day early; thanksI am no plumber by any means and normally don't like to do plumbing repairs but this made it very easy.I had to replace a 42 year old stop off valve, the type that rotates until it shuts off or on, the screw in/out type; it was soldered onto 3/4" copper pipe for the water heater because I went to shut off the cold water to the water heater to flush the heater and water started to squirt out of the valve! I thought that since the valve is open full or closed completely that a ball valve would be the better choice. I don't like to play around with soldering copper pipe so I chose this Sharkbite 3/4" ball valve. It's suppose to work with copper plus other pipe or tubing.I sweated off the old valve and sanded cleaned both ends of the copper so there was no solder remaining; then snapped on the new ball valve and turned on the main shut off. I was surprised that I could do this and not have a leak anywhere!It works great! And I can swivel the handle to wherever I need it for easy access. I totally recommend this "Push-to-Connect ball valve.

This has to be one of the all-time greatest inventions. This (and PEX) makes plumbing so much easier than 15 years ago when you had to sweat copper.I was replacing a tub/shower and installed these so I could have localized shut-offs. They easily allowed me to minimize the time the water was off in my entire house. I turned the water off, used a pipe cutter to cut off the hot and cold water runs near the bathroom, then slipped one of these on each pipe and made sure they were turned off. The water was back on throughout the house in 5 minutes! Then I went ahead and ran the new plumbing for shower/tub using PEX. The PEX slipped right into the opposite side of these Sharkbites making a perfect connection. Using these and PEX is so simple it makes me want to re-plumb my whole house!

This push-to-connect stop valve was very easy to install and had been working fine for about 1.5 years in my garage. This past week we encountered a very unusual cold spell in Houston (ranged from 8-32 degrees for a few days). One of my 3/4" copper pipes burst in the house, and this same line extended outside through my breezeway and into the garage.After the water started coming into the house, I shut off the supply at the curb, then started to assess the damage, which revealed two bursts even though the pipe was fully covered with pipe foam. Upon following this line into the garage, I found that the Sharkbite valve I installed 1.5 years ago basically looked like it had exploded. See pic. Although the weather was unusually cold, I would expect that this valve would not fall apart like this. The portion of the 3/4" copper line that entered the garage was only partially wrapped in foam, so perhaps if I had it fully wrapped this may not have happened, but no other plumbing in my garage was affected.I feel that Sharkbite push-to-connect fittings should perform better under unusual weather conditions. They are so easy to install and work great under normal conditions, but I do not have confidence in using them as a permanent solution since you cannot predict the weather. However, I will still keep misc Sharkbite caps, coupling, etc. for emergency temporary fixes.

Not gonna lie. When I first got these I was concerned about leaks and waking up to my basement flooding as I had never used them. I'm used to either brazing copper pipes or priming and gluing pvc tubing. I'm a bit of a control guy and when I moved into my house years ago had ripped out the horror that was the tubing entering my basement from the well pump.. put in a whole house filter, pressure tank, other, removable filters and carbon filters, water softener etc. After years of use the softener had given up and the mechanisms sprung leaks all over. I wanted to take that out and instead put in an iron removing filter as our sinks and toilets need constant scrubbing with some of our lighter clothes becoming "work on the car" items due to staining. I read a lot of reviews here and elsewhere about the sharkbite connectors and wound up ordering them.. heck, they were returning so why not? I cut cpvc to length and put connected everything with sharkbite elbows, reducers, and a valves. Once I slipped everything together, crossed my fingers and opened up the water. Hmm,.. so far so good but lets wait and see.. turned on the water throughout the house and watched everything pop and shake as air bled out of the system and pressurized to 70psi. Okay.. so far so good. Cleaned up and went upstairs to eat.. came back down checking for leaks... went to watch tv (The Boys-started slow but ROCKS)... wife and I took turns checking for leaks. Went to bed... got up a few times... and now it's been a few weeks. Not a drop of water and none of the pipes has tried to slip out as we have them all marked for this purpose. These things rock! One of the things I like best is that you can rotate the fittings (ie; the pipes can still move, rotate etc) without leaks which means it's all super forgiving if you get your lengths slightly off and stuff is not 100% straight and true.. it adjusts.. something PVC and Copper do NOT do... and I can also move stuff around a few inches if needed without cutting/de-brazing pipes etc. I'm a convert!