Running Pex For Baseboard Heat

Use of pex for basboard heat plumbing.

Running pex for baseboard heat. And don t forget to use oxy barrier pex or you have to keep everything in the system non ferrous. What we have come up with through experience is this. We use pex al pex if we want to enclose the return in the baseboard cover less expansion. The tool is stepped in.

It doesn t make noise if it rubs against wood. Make sure your water temps won t exceed this rating. The pipes will run in a crawl space. Run the pex tubing.

In this video we show you how to replace an existing heating element with a new one using shark bite fittings. But we have used regular pex. Pex for baseboard heat. Pex tends to get all snakey and wants to come out of the baseboard enclosure when it gets hot.

Mr leak ca start by asking the plumber. Packy ma when quoting a job especially a crawlspace job pex is going to be cheaper. From under the sink you. If running vertically it should be supported every 4 to 6 feet.

1 2 pex we have been using 1 2 pex for baseboard here in se ct which we design for a 0 degree day for that last 1 2 dozens years or so. Most radiant pex heat systems run 140f or less baseboard will run up to 180 190f. Once you get above this point you will need to go to 5 8 split the loops or if you are just above the 50 limit go to a 008 circ. Pex needs to be supported a minimum of every 32 inches when running horizontally.

The straps should be plastic or metal that is designed to work for plastic pipe. I use a copper tubing expander tool to shove inside the pex. Coming out of the wall to the fixtures you can use a pex to copper stub out or another type of pex support such as drop ear bend support. Yes you can use it to connect baseboard.

Just watch the temp rating of whichever tube you re using. Just used nylon zip ties to strap it to the fin tube to keep it in place. I drill 1 1 2 holes in the floor. The tool is not to expand the pex but it fits snugly inside to make bending the pex into position easy.

Any idea why they will not use the pex. The quality of a job using pex vs copper is not compromised. Packy ma i won t use anything else for baseboard heat but 3 4 fosta pex. Maximum baseboard footage per zone for 1 2 pex is 50 using a taco 007 circ or eqiv.

This is a fast easy way to swap a new heating.