Pex / Discussions

I am looking to finish a bathroom in my basement and would like to know if plumbing supply lines must always be run through interior partition walls or can they be brought to exterior basement walls that have been insulated using EPS + wood stud + mineral wool? The interior basement walls have been insulated with 2" of...

...pex tubing called Propex from Uponor (who partnered with Milwaukee to develop a specific tool for it) that is even quicker to install that standard pex. See it in action in the video on this page, it’s a game changer for plumbing – Propex installed with a Milwaukee expander tool is faster and easier than standard Pex S...

I have read that heating a product will cause it to release any VOCs, do you have a preferred product for hot water pipe insulation that won’t off-gas into homes? I have strong sensitivities to chemicals and its been hard to keep the air quality of my new build, so I don’t want to mess up on something small like this. ...

...PEX is connected with metal rings and a crimping tool, but worth looking into is AquaPEX and hePEX from Uponor. Instead of being fastened with metal rings, an expander tool is used to stretch the PEX tube and PEX ring to allow the insertion of fittings larger than the tube, which then shrinks back to its original size,...