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hr Member Posts: 6,106
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Hard to know which "new" products to trust. We all have memories of lifetime warrantys and "bad batches" of tube runs.

I don't have a good answer to your questions. Who to trust that the product is suitable for long term applications.

I'm still of the opinion a third party testing facility should test and rate various radiant components. Like the IBR ratings on boilers and baseboard.

I feel the RPA could be a vechicle for this. Unless of course, you are comfortable with the manufactures testing :)

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  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
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    This sweet S.F.I. fitting and tool one nice, simple, swivel fitting fits all types of pex. Also a new pex where the O2 barrier is sandwiched in the middle of two pex layers.

    What's next? A condensing boiler?

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  • Paul Rohrs_2
    Paul Rohrs_2 Member Posts: 171
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    Pex-Al-Pex

    I recently viewed a photo a contractor sent me of some Barrier pex tube from Wirsbo that had been installed over a dozen years ago. At that time Wirsbo had laminated the barrier on the tube with a different process and it had begun to delaminate over the course of years. Are these laminating methods tried and true for Pex-Al-Pex? I know as our industry heats up,(pun intended) Tubing companies are going to come out of the woodwork.


    Paul
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