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PEX Pipe and Tubing Freeze-Break Resistance and Benefits Addressed in New Technical Report

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edited February 2021 in THE MAIN WALL
imagePEX Pipe and Tubing Freeze-Break Resistance and Benefits Addressed in New Technical Report

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), has published a new Technical Report related to the break resistance of PEX pipe and tubing when fluid inside becomes frozen. PPI is the major trade association representing the plastic pipe industry.

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  • DanaHealey
    DanaHealey Member Posts: 1
    I have had 2 different conditions where pex was compromised by freezing,
    the first was a in a commercial building where pex passed through a drilled girder in what was in effect a wind tunnel, the pex froze, expanded and was cut by the steel.
    the other is in fact 2 freezes fairly close together where the ice moved towards the unfrozen middle, where it blew. Both uncommon but it happens

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