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return drip

davem1
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I asked questions about adding 10 ft. of steal fin baseboard on a one pipe steam system. I now know i must install a drip back to the wet return. my question know is can i use 3/4 pex tubing running back under the baseboard and then down to the return
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Don't get me wrong...
I love PEX. Use it all the time. But I wouldn't use it in this application -- if by some chance you got steam in there, it would be very unhappy, and so would you.
I'd probably use copper...Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0
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