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Shorter lengths of Pex-al-pex?

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Blvd
Blvd Member Posts: 15
in THE MAIN WALL
I need to move a radiator and due to the tricky routing, I’m planning on using 3/4” pex-al-pex. Problem is that I only need about 12’ of it. I can’t find anywhere that sells lengths shorter than 300’ — anyone know of options?

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  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 27,405
    You can buy straight 20' lengths of HePex, maybe use that.
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • Blvd
    Blvd Member Posts: 15
    edited February 2021
    From what I’ve read, it seems pex-al-pex is the most appropriate — honestly not sure why since in the past, I’ve used he-pex for infloor radiant. Radiators seem like a similar application. Only difference seems to be higher operating temperature for radiators, but the specs for he-pex appear to match pex-al-pex. 

    [EDIT] just did some more reading and it seems oxygen barrier pex would be perfectly fine to use in this application. Thanks for the inspiration, Bob. 
  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,609
    The biggest benefit of Pex-AL-Pex is its relatively low thermal expansion properties compared to Hepex. For a 12' run, it should not be a factor. :)
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein
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