propress pics

Terry

Workmanship looks really nice.

However - I noticed a potential cross-connection..
did anyone else catch it??

Pressure reducing valve bypass - also bypasses BFP.
thats a no-no here in the great white north.

couldn't resist...

EIN

Nron_13

propress pics

Would like to find some to show how the jobs look when finished

John Felciano

propress

It's my favorite tool in the truck!

J.C.A._3

I think it looks nice.

All the joints are clean and sound. No boogers hanging off the pipes and with some practice (at first) you can make things straight too. Chris

Floyd_8

Yeah, and you ain't....

got to keep the bread in the truck no more..... sticks when you want to go fishin' and you ain't gots the bread for bait. But sure is neat when that old shutoff valve don't work and you can just slap the fittings together and crimp the sucker up with the water running.
I'd say it can easily cut you piping time in half.....espec. if your doing bigger, say 1-2" pipe.
My only wish is that the darn tool wasn't so heavy... leaning out off of a step ladder over a boiler can be really tough.

Over all the tool s fantastic!!

Floyd

Jake Timmerman_3

I use the Rems variety of pressing tools. I try to solder as little as possible.

Steve_35

Does the REMs tool work with Ridgid fittings?

S Davis

ProPress

Here are some from one of our radiant jobs.


S Davis

Apex Radiant Heating

Weezbo

Yup *~/:)

It is a bout a while now that the ridgid propress people dropped in on the scene,however,when they did there was like a tactic agreement of the guys presenting the tool and materials not to elaborate or over pontificate on that subject....other than to mention in passing the "features" that differentiated thier press tool with "others"
I know...Have you ever heard of a "mexican metric"?.... cresentwrench....

jerry scharf_3

as best I understand it

There was a long legal battle in Europe over REMS making tools and jaws for propress. It centered on whether Viega could void the warranty if a REMS press/jaws were used. My understanding is that the battle is over, REMS has won three rounds and there is no other place for Viega to appeal.

This should allow REMS to bring out it's own jaws. For now you have to still buy the jaws from Ridgid. Leo at Mupro can probably tell you more about this.

jerry

Rocky_2

Hey, Felcie!!!

> It's my favorite tool in the truck!



I see in your pic Multi-Press, Pro-Press, and Pro-Pex fittings. Did you just go ahead and donate your soldering torch to the local Plumbing museum, division of outdated artifacts? We too, use all three in our jobs. Sure speeds things up, (when we throw a big enough hissy-fit for our local Ferguson branch to carry the stuff).
Have you ever had any trouble using the ProPress fittings for closely spaced T's? I don't know if the internal "wrinkle" the ProPress puts on the pipe inside the fittings induces flow into the closely spaced T's or what, but we get flow into our secondary loop whenever we use ProPress for the closely spaced T's. You have any problems with this? Spring has finally sprung here in Bear-Flanks, Ak. Mud puddles the size of small countries.
Regards,
Rocky

John Felciano

ROCKY!!!

> > It's my favorite tool in the truck!

> _BR_ _BR_ I see in your pic Multi-Press,

> Pro-Press, and Pro-Pex fittings. Did you just go

> ahead and donate your soldering torch to the

> local Plumbing museum, division of outdated

> artifacts? We too, use all three in our jobs.

> Sure speeds things up, (when we throw a big

> enough hissy-fit for our local Ferguson branch to

> carry the stuff). Have you ever had any

> trouble using the ProPress fittings for closely

> spaced T's? I don't know if the internal

> "wrinkle" the ProPress puts on the pipe inside

> the fittings induces flow into the closely spaced

> T's or what, but we get flow into our secondary

> loop whenever we use ProPress for the closely

> spaced T's. You have any problems with this?

> Spring has finally sprung here in Bear-Flanks,

> Ak. Mud puddles the size of small

> countries. Regards, Rocky

John Felciano

ROCKY!!!

Hey! Long time no type!How you been man?Enjoying them longer days?

It doesn't show it in that picture but when doing close spaced tee's I usually use the "T Drill",but not always.I do wonder how much it effects things? One thing with closely spaced fittings and pro-press is their is suppose to be a space of one pipe diameter between fitiings to avoid apossing crimps.I've heard of guys getting leaks with fittings butted close.

I wish I never had to take the torch out of the truck again!

Wayco Wayne

One of mine

Done last Fall. What's soldering???WW

S Ebels

The Yellow and Black tool

Squeezes Ridgid jaws just fine, thankyou. We have not had a single problem, other than a couple uncrimped or miscrimped (operator error) fittings. The Rems tool drives the Ridgid jaws perfectly. I too have heard that the battles have been fought and Viega came out on the short end of the stick. I think the term most commonly used for what they were trying to eliminate is competition. What the were trying to establish is called monopoly. Didn't fly.

I love Propress fittings.

heatboy

5,000 fittings with...........

no leaks.

heatboy

Thousands of fittings and..........

no leaks.