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Pex for natural gas?

Matt_Connolly
Matt_Connolly Member Posts: 14
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I've seen some articles about using pex for natural gas lines, especially buried underground. If so, can you use standard non barrier pex, or does it have to be rated and colored differently?

Thanks,

Matt

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  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    PEX-AL-PEX for natural gas

    http://www.gasflex.com/ and others offer it.
  • Ron Jr._3
    Ron Jr._3 Member Posts: 605
    Been using yellow plastic

    for direct burial for natural gas and propane generators . We use these long sweep transition ells to come out of the ground .  I think they're painted galvanized and have IP threads on one end and either a compression fitting or shark bite type fitting on the other end for the yellow pipe . Passes all codes where we work on Long Island .
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    Yellow Plastic

    Is HDPE.  Fantastic stuff underground, but not approved for use above ground.
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    pex -xx

    fittings are special also so dont use wirsbo , rehau or any other type of fitting ..



    the pex i have seen is yellow.
  • meplumber
    meplumber Member Posts: 678
    PEX for gas.

    There is a huge difference in HDPE and PEX when it comes to chemical composition.  I have been using HDPE underground for years, but I am not brave enough to try PEX for gas. 



    Good luck to those that do.
  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,550
    Yellow pex-Al-pex?

    It looks like pex-Al-pex in yellow. The compression fittings look the same. Anyone on here used this?



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  • gerralstufler
    gerralstufler Member Posts: 5
    Pex

    Sorry but I have only used HDPE . I have never used PEX

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