What type of pex tubing to use for hot water heating with cast …
You pretty much have the right info. Pex A and the PERT is a more flexible tube to work with. If the O2 exterior EVOH barrier is covered squeaking should not be and issue. The A pex is …
OK to use non-oxygen barrier pex for heating?
2007年6月1日 · The oxygen barrier is either applied on the outside of the tube as an EVOH (etylene vinyl alcohol copolymer) layer, or as aluminum sandwiched between layers of PEx …
Radiator re-pipe. Copper or Pex? — Heating Help: The Wall
2015年6月1日 · Given the track records of PEX and innumerable rubber products over the past three decades, my money goes on the PEX, or PEX-Al-PEX if you need the stiffness (think …
Pex — Heating Help: The Wall
Pex Look at using Viega fostapex tubing for hot water boiler systems. This is a full size Pex tubing with aluminum that works as the oxygen barrier plus the aluminum keeps the Pex pipe from …
Pex use in baseboard heating — Heating Help: The Wall
5.5K Gas Heating; 100 Geothermal; 156 Indoor-Air Quality; 3.5K Oil Heating; 64 Pipe Deterioration; 925 Plumbing; 6.1K Radiant Heating; 383 Solar; 15K Strictly Steam ; 3.3K …
Sizing PEX supply pipe for cast iron radiators. - Heating Help
Richie 1/2" pex will do a 15,000 BTU rad based on a 20 degree Delta, and that's a BIG rad! Don't think you'll be hefting THAT to the attic! Some guys will use 3/8" pex, but I run 1/2"..fittings are …
3/4 vs 1/2 inch pex piping for radiant heating - what should be …
It sounds like you are heating with fin-tube convectors or cast iron radiators. Max heat carriage on PEX oxygen barrier tubing.... 1/2 pex does~23000BTU , 3/4 does~46000BTU Heat loss …
Pex for steam return line — Heating Help: The Wall
Yes, I'm aware that the majority of pex manufacturers rate their products at 70psi for 200 degree applications. We recently picked up an apartment house that has approximately twelve …
Using pert/pex pipe near the boiler vs copper or black pipe
2024年11月16日 · For near boiler piping, if you need 1&1/4 to 2 " pipes with lots of tee's and elbows how does the material COST compare between pert/pex, copper sweat and black pipe …
5/8 pex, or 1” Aqua pex, or repipe? — Heating Help: The Wall
So 5/8” should work while lowering the head pressure, correct? Or should we use the 1” Aqua pex? It is a closed system and all the other tubing in the house is oxygen barrier. Or do some …