plumbing - PEX vs PE coiled pipe for underground use - Home …
2017年8月25日 · Ultimately, PEX is the best option these days, but the type of PEX is more dependent on your situation. If you plan to do more plumbing in the future and/or the pipe could be subject to freezing, PEXa along with Milwaukee's expansion tool (Milwaukee #2432) is the way to go for worry-free connections.
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2014年7月28日 · I'm concerned about post manifold pressure. The distance from water supply to manifold is ~15ft over 3/4" pipe. A simple example from the xls i created: Kitchen sink is 63.56ft from the manifold, using a 3/8" pipe. According to the PEX manual (the above images) that is …
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2008年7月31日 · The problem, as I see it, is that the inside diameter of the PB pipe is larger than PEX. The outside diameters are the same. So the little plastic insert that is designed to help keep the pipe from shrinking and slipping out is useless. (I remove them when used with copper.) PEX fittings cannot be used with polybutylene.
PEX pipe support for 90 degree directional changes under floor …
2024年12月7日 · I am [re]plumbing using [1/2" and 3/4"] PEX under floor joists and will need to make 90 degree course changes occurring between two adjacent floor joists: piping running parallel along one joist then needing to turn to run perpendicular to the next joist). I am NOT using elbows (minimizing connections under my floor).
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2022年6月3日 · PEX is copper tube size. Copper tube size is the inside diameter plus 1/8th inch. So 3/4" PEX is 7/8" plus whatever type of insulation you get and there are many types. So you might have 1/2" insulation on each side of the pipe so you'd end up with 1-7/8" OD total. Meaning 2 PVC (sched 40) would work.
How to connect PEX to galvanized half inch pipe?
2017年6月3日 · Hi, I have a leak in a galvanized half inch pipe, and I want to replace some of this old pipe with pex. I will try to unscrew the 90º elbow (as in photo), and connect the pex directly to the threaded galvanized pipe. The problem is the fittings for …
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2016年1月20日 · I intend to use schedule 40 3" pvc pipe to run my pex from outside water heater, through slab, up into an interior wall. I will have sweeping 90 ells. Will 1" or 3/4" pex be able to make the swee...
Elbow or just bend PEX pipe through wall
2022年1月22日 · What I did not realize was that my new order was not PEX-AL-PEX, but merely 'PEX'. (It was sold as 'PEX Red, hot water, 12.5') Without the aluminium the price was slightly cheaper, $1.05/metre, but it's a much cheaper feeling product. The aluminium means it …
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2020年9月22日 · The PEX Splice appears to be a plastic fitting with copper crimp rings. Pureflow PEX Writing. Note: I noticed that as I was cleaning the pipe, the writing was coming off the PEX Pipe. The dirt was acting as sandpaper. So I have be very careful as I was cleaning the dirt away from the PEX so that I could get a good picture of the writing on the PEX.
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2015年2月25日 · The only time I've ever seen this green color in PEX tubing it was algae. The pipe was a cold water supply line that was wrapped with heat tape and pipe insulation, and run above ground underneath my camper. When I removed the pipe it had algae growth along its whole length. However, the algae will not stick to the pipe.