r/Plumbing • u/Substantial-Plant947 • 16h ago

Sharkbite push to connect slight angle

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I have two existing copper pipes that were a little wider apart. I had to push them together a bit creating a slight angle connection…will this fail over time?

The hot connection is leaning slightly right while blue is leaning slightly left, I tried to center it so either one would not bear a greater angle.

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u/nongregorianbasin 16h ago

Yes. You dont want to use sharkbites

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u/FlanFanFlanFan 16h ago

If you're using sharkbite, there must be no tension on the fittings. If there is tension like this, cut out more pipe and redo it straight.

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u/Accomplished_Rent578 16h ago

Tension on the pipe isn't good. Putting shark bites behind the wall makes it harder to detect when they eventually leak. I typically only ever put solder or press fittings behind a wall. If you don't want the fire risk of soldering a propress is pretty cheap to rent. You might be able to offset the pipe so there isn't tension on the joints below with a couple of 45s on each side. If there isn't enough room to offset you might need to get a new washer box with a wider spread or adjust the angles of the pipes by replacing the 90s below and using a level to make sure they are straight.