Wirsbo aquapex/Hepex ?

kevin coppinger_4

with testing and paying out $$$$ to get tube certified...Wirsbo has not done this and really has no reason to do it...1" he PEX is more money than the 1" aquaPEX...the contractor must have just have some leftover and thought it would do fine...someone down the road could get him on a techinicallity. kpc

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Pinball

Recently I was on a job site where the plumber ran 1" Hepex for the domectic water mains, out to his manifolds.
On the side of the pipe it says "not for potable water"
I thought this was wrong and called Wirsbo. They told me that it is perfectly fine to use hEpex for domestic, but you can't use the Aqua-pex for heat. (oxygen barrier issue)

While I understand this since the manufacturing process is the same except for the o/b coating on the hEpex, I don't understand why the label is on the hEpex NOT to use it for potable. It seems to me to make more sense to label Aqua-pex "Not for heating purposes"
That way contractors won't have to deal with un-knowing inspectors, and HO's who just spent a million $ to build their mcmansion and then see this on their pipes going to the faucets.

sorry...just one of those silly little thing that bug me.
Al

Mark Eatherton1

Worse yet...

Contractors who install staple up aquapex and use ferrous components. Can you say rustoleumatic...

Quote from plumber who did this in nearby mountain town. "That's what the wholesaler gave me to work with".

Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Copper fin tube boilers with copper rolled into a steel sheet, covered with unglazed cast iron headers. Can you say electrolysis? Can you spell it? I'm not sure I can...

After I got done teaching 50 ICC code officials a few months ago, some things have changed. It is unlawful to use potable water combination systems where you used to be able to in some local jurisdictions. I can't (NO ONE can) guarantee water quality in a system that could sit idle for a long period of time. If I can't guarantee water quality will NOT be compromised, then it can't be done. Period.

Hopefuly that will become a national standard in the next few additions to the code. Hopefully.

Good question tho. Must not value his HePex much:-)

ME

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Weezbo

Freak not, Freak not...one word is all one needs to read

potable. *~/:) dont stress on the rest of the words...