Supply lines

[leeboy]

does anyone have any feed back on these? I dont see them much./Users/apple/Downloads/IMG-20120303-00435.jpg

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[Brandon Whitmore]

It's PEX, which is approved and seems to be good stuff overall.

[leeboy]

Funny I cant say I have ever seen 3/4'' line on a hot water supply line. red and blue are pex as well? not sure on that one.

[tbird]

Funny I cant say I have ever seen 3/4'' line on a hot water supply line. red and blue are pex as well? not sure on that one.

Yup, PEX comes in many sizes and colors. Red for hot, blue for cold or white/opaque for generic. They even make yellow PEX (for gas).

[Robert Jones]

I have yet to run into an issue with PEX as far as the material goes. Can't say that about it's installation on a few occasion's. Just about all of the new construction in this area is run with PEX.

[leeboy]

Everything here is pex too, just havnt seen or had plumbers use red or blue yet. I have seen missed crimps sneak up and flood one of my jobs though

[Jim Katen]

Funny I cant say I have ever seen 3/4'' line on a hot water supply line. red and blue are pex as well? not sure on that one.

It's common to upsize the PEX because of its narrower ID.

[John Kogel]

Red for hot, blue for cold or white/opaque for generic. They even make yellow PEX (for gas).

Blue's for cold until they run out of the blue. Then they'll use red for both.

[Charlie R]

See it here occasionally , biggest issues I see are usually with the Zurn fittings, some of which were recalled, and if it got nicked by anyone during construction which creates a weak spot.

[ericwlewis]

I've used a lot of Pex over the last several years, red, blue, deep blue, rust and white.

My plumber buddy told me to only use 3/4 as a main (for copper or Pex) until it branches to an individual fixture. And I learned myself NEVER to use 1/2" as a tub spout supply [:-dunce] It doesn't provide enough flow to keep the shower head from operating FULL TIME! Some manufacturers have changed that but I still go ahead and sweat the spout supply.

[tgreen]

I want to see how it holds up long term. I have read that life expectancy is 30-50 years. The other issue I have seen many times is that the instillation has been very sloppily done, but that is NOT the pex fault that is the person who put it in.