Plumbing: Flex Pipe OK to use in this situation?

Question

An old water conditioner came with the house I bought. Hoiuse used to be well water but is city water now. The conditioner is very old and yucky, not being used valves are off.

The conditioner is close to the water meter out in the open in the basement. I need to cut about 6 inches of pipe to remove the conditioner. Pipe is 3/4 inch copper and the section I would remove is a few feet from the meter. After making the cut I would run the new pipe perpendicular to the floor. Only need about 6inches to run straight up and down to complete the project.

Can I use a flex line and a sharkbite compression fitting to make this work? or is this not adviseable?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I would weld a section of copper pipe, but the compression should work well...

Answer 2

Soldering would be best, however, compression type fittings are allowed by most codes as long as they are able to be seen at all times (not inside a wall etc)