Why Use PEX?

Reasons to use PEX tubing in a DIY plumbing project.

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Howto & Style

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• DIY
• PEX
• plumbing
• radiant
• heat

[iGotNoTime]

Ok in reply to all the bashing on pex, I am sure you are all professional plumbers. See the pros will always bash on it, why? Because it is so easy their work could be cut down drastically when home owners see how easy it is to use and do themselves. The bashing is out of fear. Homeowners and DIY people, ignore them. I re-plumbed my entire house in just 2 evenings, no loss in pressure and no leak.

As far as the rats, I don't have so I don't worry.

All the tees was my son practicing crimping.

[iGotNoTime]

Yes hot and cold both and both in pretty extreme temperature ranges. One nice feature is you can buy the hot lines in a red color for easy identification.

It is very very easy to complete what used to be difficult plumbing jobs. No joke, my youngest son did a large majority of our home's plumbing with PEX. If only he could clean his room with the same enthusiasm. :(

[jlm993]

I like pex, the thieves around here break in at night and rip out half of the rough in when you use copper.

[charper140]

@goodnoss No!

[timothyh71]

@iGotNoTime

No offense but PEX is the flavor of the month. It will go out just like CPVC and Polybutylene. There is a reason why copper has been around since the turn of the century. The corrosion in copper is due to the flux not being wiped away or the system flushed properly. As far as PEX ,ladies and gentleman, your water is mixing with the chemicals in the plastic (polyethylene) and is causing health risks. Those risks are cancer and birth defects. Copper is a more natural

[infinera06]

For all you video uploaders.....please don't add lousy raucous music in the background especially when your audio is already crummy.

[sunscorchxxx]

What the F is flying towards his ear at .13???

[skoolvikings]

@dav1099 yeah the stainless steel crimp clamps work great only having to use one tool

[dav1099]

I'd say you did a pretty good job for your first Pex video.

As far as ring removal goes use a dremal tool with a cutoff blade, works great. I have used Pex for quite a few years and have not had any call backs yet, I also use the Stainless Steel crimp clamps, that way you only need one crimping tool for all sizes.

keep up the good work on your vids.

5*****

[infinera06]

What's with the raucous background noise?

[67tr876]

@bolodjason bullcrap ! if you use pex your LAZY

[bolodjason]

@67tr876 easy man! Pex tubing is really good alternative to expensive copper! Copper distributors and manufacturer is mafia!

[jackburton2009]

@jlm993 Had that happen to me, unreal, never thought that would happen. We're talking about real low-life scumbags here, sub-humans that don't deserve to live in civilized society.