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Paul S_3

have any of you guys used this kind of pex....my supplier sells it....im using it for the 1st time for a radiator home run system ....30 rads in all...i bought all the press heads and fittings....any advice or tips.thanks

hot_rod

One of my favorite tubes. Put the stripper tool in a cordless drill, it's faster and leaves a cleaner end.

In some cases the straight 20 footers work better for mechanic room piping, etc, especially in the larger diameters.

Short cut off make nice wind chimes

Bob Bona_4

What Bob said. You may never go back to copper.

Steve Minnich

@Paul S - new boiler too? The one I just finished, I installed manifolds with flow meters and valves so I could dial in the gpm for each radiator.

Paul S_3

@Stephen Minnich boiler is new...installed by another company....im repiping it....contractor installed radiators in a series loop with 1/2 pex....all 3 floors....im installing homeruns from each radiator to manifolds...manifolds are 1in CU by 1/2 pex with valves....no flow meters....each rad doesnt need more than .8 gpm in my calculations....i get good results on resi systems like this....i guess im going to start to use manifolds with flow meters what manifolds do you use?

Steve Minnich

I used Watts on this last one and I like Rehau too.