Transition from concrete to baseboard using pex

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which is literally beating the crap out of me . I haven't felt this exhausted after ripping out a big steamer . Moving big wall units , furniture , crawling behind beds and dressers , I hit my head about 10 times on a hanging TV that I kept forgetting was there .

Anyway , we have to chop a floor to run the piping across a hallway . Is there a product that can hold the pex in a sort of S shape to transition from the concrete into the baseboard element ? I also want a little protection where the pex meets the concrete . We're using RTI 3/4 inch . Thanks in advance . Ron .

Mike Kraft_2

Ron

Page 3 on the product catalog.Conduit bends.You will need to sink the pex well below grade in order to transition from pex to CU.The conduit 90° are what you need.

http://www.rtisystems.com/downloads/catalogs/Heating Product Catalog 05-04 Lo Res.pdf

cheese

lchmb

and stopping watching so much tv!

I have a spair hard hat if you need it!! Being 6'3" I have permanent dent's in my head from similiar problem's!! LOL...glad to know I'm not the only one who forget's what's above him..:)

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You're right

about sinking the pex down real far for the transition . Although I guess the 90 can be cut down some . I'm looking more for a transition that will come out of the floor on a 45 , then 45 again parallel with the floor to connect to the coppper element . Maybe something that can be bent and hold its shape . You think pex-al-pex , one size bigger than my pex would fit the bill ? Thanks alot Mike for the catalog .

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This TV was mounted

right next to a dresser , about 4 feet high . I had to crawl behind the dresser , which we pulled off the wall less than 2 feet to do the baseboard . Got some blood and dents I can feel on my head right now . Time to take a shower and a beer . Or is it beer then shower ?

Mike Kraft_2

PAP

Funny thing with PAP.I was pretty frigid towards using it on installs.My concern or"witch hunt" was kinking.I had nothing to base my "fear" on.But this stuff is great.You'll kink soft copper faster than PAP.If you can get the PAP by all means jump on it.Your offsets will be much easier and you can use armaflex on risers through the concrete.

Oh yeah.........head hitting...I don't even whimper anymore:)

cheese

J.C.A._3

Hey Ron,

Get a nice bicycle helmet, and don't forget the chin strap. (your co-workers will ridicule you to no end....Old shortbus jokes will ensue,but the dents and cuts will go away!). As to the transition fittings, be prepared to dig deep. Have you seen the fixed bends on something 3/4" ? Think something like 6-7" for the bend alone. The transition has to have a bit of flex also and with 3/4,I'd be thinking more like 9-10".

My suggestion to you is to start drinking first, shower later. And please remember....I'm pre-med.(wasn't that a BLUTO line from Animal House?) Chris