Pex A or B (by MJ [OH]) Feb 17, 2018 4:37 PM
Pex A or B (by NE [PA]) Feb 17, 2018 4:45 PM
Pex A or B (by Jeff [OH]) Feb 17, 2018 4:48 PM
Pex A or B (by RR78 [VA]) Feb 17, 2018 6:32 PM
Pex A or B (by BillS [CO]) Feb 17, 2018 7:36 PM
Pex A or B (by BillS [CO]) Feb 17, 2018 7:36 PM
Pex A or B (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Feb 17, 2018 10:45 PM
Pex A or B (by Dodge [PA]) Feb 18, 2018 2:56 AM
Pex A or B (by Steve [MA]) Feb 18, 2018 4:21 AM
Pex A or B (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Feb 18, 2018 7:52 AM
Pex A or B (by MJ [OH]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 4:37 PM Message:
I have seen good and bad on each type, so which one would you use. I heard type A leaves a chemical taste of the water. Is that true? Ready to install tomorrow, so need to make a decision fast. Please give me your pros and cons. --174.105.xxx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 4:45 PM Message:
I've used pex for years and haven't heard a or b. Just buy the 1/2" by 100' rolls of red and blue at Depot.
The O2 pex is different. That is for hot water baseboard. Not potable water. --50.107.xxx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by Jeff [OH]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 4:48 PM Message:
Pexuniverse.com has a great pros and cons table. I’ve only used b type for normal plumbing and a type for radiant heat applications (concrete slab). By the way, if you are hoping to install tomorrow, you may not have a choice...hd and Lowe’s only carry b type. Menards carries a type or b type, not sure if you have one around. --142.54.xx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by RR78 [VA]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 6:32 PM Message:
Pex B is by far the most common.
Every area seems to have a favorite. I would use whatever is most common with your plumbing supply house. Easier to get what you need and when you need it.
Here all the major ones carry Pex B and used in residential and commercial.
Years ago it was most of a east coast with pex crimp ring and west coast the expanding ring system. --73.177.xxx.xx |
Pex A or B (by BillS [CO]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 7:36 PM Message:
Pex A - Uponor is what I use. It has a memory. If you kink it you can heat it and use it. With pex B you have to cut out the kink. The expander is much easier to use in tight places where you get the crimper that pex B requires. The down side is it's hard to buy pex A since it's not stocked for consumers at the big box. I buy it, the supplies and tool to expand online. --172.58.xx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by BillS [CO]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 7:36 PM Message:
Pex A - Uponor is what I use. It has a memory. If you kink it you can heat it and use it. With pex B you have to cut out the kink. The expander is much easier to use in tight places where you get the crimper that pex B requires. The down side is it's hard to buy pex A since it's not stocked for consumers at the big box. I buy it, the supplies and tool to expand online. --172.58.xx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 10:45 PM Message:
MJ,
Been using Wirsbo/Uponor for 30? Years. Never any issue. Easy to use. Buy the Mikwaukee battery tool. Plumb a house in a few hours with stupid crimp rings which can leak.
BRAD --68.51.xx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by Dodge [PA]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 2:56 AM Message:
My vote is for A. Smaller bending radius. Milwaukee expansion tool is super fast. --174.200.xx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by Steve [MA]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 4:21 AM Message:
Another vote for Wirsbo/Uponor using the Milwaukee expansion tool. Fast, easy & reliable --72.93.xxx.xxx |
Pex A or B (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 7:52 AM Message:
Rehau and Uponor are a commercial product which is proven in a commerical environment. With commercial pex it is possible to install a sprinkler system in a residential home. Generally contractors use products which are easy to work with along with not giving problems. What they sell at the big box is generally the lowest quality and price. Go into You Tube where there are videos on A type pex then compare. A roll of pex commercial is not that much more then the cheap pex. --207.164.xxx.xxx |
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