Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.

When plumbing with potable PEX....

hot_rod
hot_rod Member Posts: 23,211
in THE MAIN WALL
Color this one Oops!

Remodeled 1800's farm house. New addition added with PEX homerun potable system - blue for cold & red for hot. Decided to run down an outside wall, rather than through the radiant slab. Along came the insulators & job wraps up. Meanwhile - frigid weather sets in & our lines freeze - repeatedly.

Insulator removed the siding today & our potable PEX lines were on the cold side of the fiberglass! He pushes them to the side & asked "Where's the water lines?" He thought they were electric lines(G). Alls well that ends well.

Why the outside wall? Because of the radiant floor & other considerations. We don't normally use exterior walls for water lines.

<A HREF="http://www.heatinghelp.com/getListed.cfm?id=98&Step=30">To Learn More About This Contractor, Click Here to Visit Their Ad in "Find A Contractor"</A>
Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream
This discussion has been closed.

Categories