1/2 in. x 1/2 in. x (4) 1/2 in. CSST FIPT Stainless Steel Manifold

Horrible horrible. Failed catastrophically. The welds are inadequate. The material is substandard. It literally "flexed" under pressure as seen in the photo.

This product is made with poor quality Korean steel, and the threads in this manifold have such poor tolerances that cause issues during installation. The brand home Flex is ideally suited for this product. When you get it home it will flex. If this product would not have failed during installation it could have saved me some time and money. I purchased this to simplify installation. I should have known better. It turned out the1/2 inch ports where the fittings and pipes I needed did not thread well into this part. Some fittings would only start one or two threads before needing a wrench to continue. This should have been my first clue. I finally attached the required valves I needed and plugged the extra holes. During installation I threaded the manifold in the gas line and during the installation of the final pipe on the far side of the manifold the main shaft of the manifold twisted. This issue was caused by the user, but if the manifold wasn't made of light gauge steel a normal level of torque wouldn't have twisted the steel main shaft. Currently the main shaft is twisted and I wont bother trying to return it due to my error. I just would like to warn any one looking to save a few minutes and a few dollars to just buy the pipe fittings you need and assemble them yourself.

I determined I needed a 1 inch manifold. It is shown in the Home-Flex instructions as available. The problem was ordering something not available online without a sku. I first contacted the factory to verify it was available. Then contacted my local Home Depot plumbing Manager who contacted Home-Flex for the sku. It took 10 days but it was worth the wait - the final install looks great and is completely leak free. A few days later it shows up online for all. It's a well built unit. I used reducers to connect three 1/2 inch lines - only the furnace needed a 3/4 inch line.

Buttoned everything up and tried to pressure test to 10 psi. My system wouldn't even get up to 1 psi. No obvious leaks at any of my joints. Thought it was my pressure gauge so went and bought a new one. Then I read about the bad welds and pour manufacturing of this junk online. Found that my manifold is leaking from the weld as well. Don't waste your money on this, get the cast iron one or make one yourself from T's and close nipples.

Not a real ridged manifold. Seemed weak at the joints. Did not use it. Made a black iron manifold instead.

When assembling this the welds had cracked on the manifold. This thing is useless have your money!

Works fine you just have to think in the future tense when hooking up gas lines

Not of good quality and slow about shipping the right parts. Don’t waste your time on Homeflex. Or trying to use Homeflex.