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pex leak cement in floor heat

Dmcdone
Dmcdone Member Posts: 1
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Have 2 of 9 tracks in cement slab that are leaking due to freeze, wont hold pressure. Is there a way to fix pex in floor heat with out jack hammering up my floor?

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  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,612
    If you have a good manifold, you valve off the leaking loops. That won't fix them, but they won't leak any more.
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,611
    They usually burst where the are not encased in concrete. The tubing that is low in the slab has to take the expansion that the encased tubing cannot.
    You might try running hot water through the tubing and see if you can see the leaks with an IR camera. The Flir One does a nice job and is pretty inexpensive.
    You might only have 2 repairs to make.
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein
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