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Old 03-03-2010, 09:19 AM   #11
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Pex Code Approved in Ontario for main service
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Old 03-03-2010, 11:10 AM   #12
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Check me if I'm wrong here Ron, but pex has the same OD as copper, not ID.
I got it backwards, thanks for the correction,
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In using Wirsbo pex underground, they reccommend a sanded trench and running the pipe in a slightly wavy pattern to the point of connection. Sounds like PVC would be quicker and easier.
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I have met a plumber who tells me stories of how they put 3/4" px pipe in the ground for main lines...is that legal? or safe? just curious because i was always taught poly and pvc...
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Just buy the pex by the roll. You can get it in 300' rolls. No joints. It is the only economical way here to do a slab house. It comes in red and blue to make the rough in easy.
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Just buy the pex by the roll. You can get it in 300' rolls. No joints. It is the only economical way here to do a slab house. It comes in red and blue to make the rough in easy.
Umm... Huh? Of course you buy it in rolls!

What did you think we were talking about - jointing together 20' sticks underslab??? That would be insane, not to mention really, really stupid (and illegal)!
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what happens when you run out of red pipe and your inspection is in afew hours?
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what happens when you run out of red pipe and your inspection is in afew hours?
Just use whatever you have. Who cares about color? At rough-in time untape one end at a time and blow at the other end. Mark them H and C with a Sharpie.
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Just use whatever you have. Who cares about color? At rough-in time untape one end at a time and blow at the other end. Mark them H and C with a Sharpie.
that was sarcasm...
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Just used pex last week for a service for the first time. I was getting really worried because it seemed to spin too easily in the corporation coupling. It held fine after the water was turned back on, but I was questioning wether or not it would hold.

Anyone else have this problem?
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