PEX Tubing Applications
As copper prices increase, PEX tubing becomes more and more popular as an alternative to the rigid piping. PEX tubing can be used for almost all of the heating and plumbing systems within a home. It is a popular choice for radiant heating systems because of its flexibility. Plumbers enjoy using PEX for their plumbing systems because it is relatively easy to install and doesn’t require too many fittings. Hydronic systems employ PEX because it expands and contracts as needs change. Wood boilers can also use insulated PEX to deliver heat to your home.
Radiant Heating
Radiant Heating Applications
Radiant heating systems use heat from a warm element like a floor, wall, or overhead panel, and warms people and other objects directly instead of directly heating the air. Radiant systems can be hydronic as well as electric. There are many advantages to radiant heating systems over forced air systems. Radiant heating systems provide a thermal comfort, improve the air quality, look pleasing, and are energy efficient.
Plumbing
Plumbing Application
PEX has become popular in residential water plumbing systems because of its flexibility and its ability to be bent into wide turns. Because of its flexibility, it doesn’t require nearly as many joints and fittings as copper or rigid tubing. PEX tubing can also be routed from the distribution point, the water heater, to the fixture without any splicing or cutting of the tubing. PEX tubing is also able to expand and contract as the temperature of the water becomes boiling hot or freezing cold.
Hydronic Systems
Using water as a heat-transfer medium in heating and cooling system is perfect for PEX tubing. Its flexibility and ability to expand and contract makes it the best material to be used with water.
