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Does etching concete damage embedded Pex tubing

Terry
Terry Member Posts: 186
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We did similar on another job without any problems.

and it looked grande !!!

I am assuming your etching is not going to be deeper than fractional 1/8th"


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  • Kevin Davidson
    Kevin Davidson Member Posts: 1
    Chemically ecthing concrete with embedded tubing

    A cleint asked if she would damage the embedded pex tubing in her new concrete floor if she chemically etched the floor?
  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    I would think not

    but it wouldn't hurt to get the OK from the tube manufacture. Concrete is pourus, and I'll bet there are some small road map cracks where the acid could get to the tube.

    You don't have any splices do you! I'd worry about acid on a coupling of any sort.

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  • Doug_7
    Doug_7 Member Posts: 265
    PEX is acid resistant

    They ship hydrocloric acid in polyethylene bottles. Polyethylene is chemically resistant to acids. If I had to pipe hydrocloric acid from point A to point B I would probably chose PEX tubing.
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