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[Homerglide]

I will do a few mods in the crawl space and really do not want to drain the bulk of what is going on in that part of the system. I am thinking of doing a quick cut and splice with isolation valves using shark-bites if they are considered reliable and then sweat in the mods. My 40 years of touching plumbing has always been with copper.

Any input is appreciated.

[slimjim]

You will be fine with sharkbite, stay away from imitations.

[userdk]

Sorry to contridict. Use with caution. Often Leaky.

[mlappin]

I've done this to change block heaters without draining any coolant, place a vacuum on your system somehow and you'll lose very little no matter what you use. Even one of those siphon wands will work if you have enough air compressor.

[slimjim]

If you have a problem with shark bite leaking, it is more than likely that your piping is either not round or has a sharp edge on it that has cut the O-ring when the pipe is inserted, try taking the sharp edge off before you slide the fitting in place and use a sharp pex cutter

[artbaldoni]

Had sharkbites leak on hot water pex if it cooled down. Didn't reseal when heated back up. Shrinkage,you know...crimped on connections worked fine.

[slimjim]

Are you sure about the O-Rings being not damaged

[fireboss]

My shark bites heat and cool every other day as iam heating my pool and no leaks they are 4 years old