Plumbing – How to stop a sharkbite brand fitting from spinning

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I recently replaced a number of shutoffs with SharkBite brand push on fittings. These seem to work well and hold water. More expensive, but cheaper than relearning to solder for a small job.

The only issue I have is that they spin around. I can find many references to the fact that they spin but I cannot find any remarks as to how to stop them from spinning.

The rotation is a problem with the angle-stops. When the valve knob is turned to open or close the flow the fitting spins so you have to use two hands to turn the valve.

How can I stop a a sharkbite fitting from spinning?

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Epoxy.

Really. Epoxy the fitting right to the pipe.

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That's likely the wrong fitting for the job. Shark bite style fittings typically are for pec, Cpvc and copper. Below is the list for branded products.

Copper pipe hard drawn Type K, L and M and annealed Type M not to exceed 3/8 nominal, complying with ASTM B88
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