Still More Plumbing

I have not taken many pictures because I've been working non stop, running around trying to find parts, making some progress, discovering the part I bought don't fit.  I have several odd ball plumbing fittings I still cannot find. 

So what have I gotten done?

I have the hot and cold water manifolds plumbed with PEX and crimped down.  These manifolds need to be secured to some study wood backing to make it 100% reliable, but for the time being I want to get the plumbing working and that can follow later.

While I have the head out-take plumbed, the intake as been a problem.  The inlet I want to use is 5/16. I have 3/8 and 1/2" parts and reduction fittings, but I don't have 5/16" and I may have to plug this and T off of the sink drain.  I finally have all the parts needed for the sink drain.  I had to buy a complete sink drain fitting and steal the bottom half to mate up to the Stainless Steel drain I alreayd have.  So it is a matter of 5 minutes work to install this drain, perhaps 10 minutes if I chose to T off of this to the head.  With some luck the head will be plumbed tomorrow.  I plan to use fresh water through the sink to flush the head, or what I more typically do is use the shower fixture to charge the head to flush it with fresh water when in shore, and switch to clean salt water when offshore.

All of the hot and cold water plumbing is done except for:

1) Cold water hook up in the galley--I have the part in hand for that.  5 minutes work.
2) Connection between the pressurized water side and the hot and cold water manifolds.  I have the parts in hand for this also.  10-15 minutes work.
3)  Aft head and sink is deferred until I can do some fiberglass work back there.
4)  The cockpit shower needs some sort of oddball fitting to mate up with the PEX serving that area.  I may have to remove the whole shower fixture to take it with me to a plumbing supply house.  Before I do that I need to inspect it and see what brand it is and look it up in the West Marine Catalog.  I think it is 1/2' British thread of some sort.  I will probably need to go to a plumbing supply house for the unions to mate that up to a standard size sink hoses for flexibility while securing the PEX under the deck to that area.  Time Reuired?  Hours for sure.

In any event, I will have the forward head and sink working tomorrow.  And I need to think about bedding the sink into the counter.  I'm leaning towards leaving it loose for now so I can remove it to work in that area.  I still need to build a holding tank and plumb that. 

Next I need to think about plumbing in the shower sump, or at least running a temporary drain to the bilge.  The sump would need some wiring, and I want to add a second sub-panel in the closet nearby--needed for some fan circuits in the forward part of the boat.

More Plumbing

I secured the cold water lines to the ceiling with cable ties.  The PEX hose is not flexible so it took more ties than I wanted.  I will need two more packages to finish off the hot water lines.

I picked up adapters to mate up the head discharge hoses.  I am modifying the head intake fittings to eliminate a 90 degree bend--That needs a torch and a vise to remove the old part.

The two manifolds for hot and cold water are installed.  I still need to shorten and connect the various lines.  This should go fast, but I'll need to secure the hoses to the hull first.

I have an adapter to mate up to the deck shower, but have not yet tested it to see if it will fit.  Once that is done, I can add pigtails to feed it and connect to the PEX serving that area. 

While I am getting close, step by step, it is a tedious process finding the parts I need.  For example I need to connect the sink drain and I can't find a part to connect to the large diameter sink drain.  I found a replacement part, but it is all plastic and I know it will fail or get scratched up quickly.  I'd rather make my stainless part mate up to something.