Building a new house? Use this for Plumbing!

This may be the greatest advance in plumbing since the invention of pipe. It is called PEX tubing and PEX stands for cross linked poly ethelyne.



I was introduced to it about 4 years ago, and I don't use copper anymore. It is far more environmentally friendly and far less expensive than copper tubing, and even though it is made from petroleum, it takes far less oil to make it than to make copper. I highly recommend PEX for your new home or for major repairs and renovations in your old home because of these reasons among many:

• It is non-reactive. Acidic water is a major problem in my area of the Northeast. Acidic water eats through copper tubing but does not have any effect on PEX.
• It gives a better flow rate. Being flexible, PEX can be curved, eliminating elbow fittings. Every elbow fitting on your plumbing system is a restriction that causes poor flow throughout your home.
• It is safer and easer to use. There is no need to use a torch to use PEX tubing. Torches can start fires and they create noxious fumes that workers and home dwellers breath.
• There is no incentive to steal it. In urban and remote areas, vacant and unfinished homes fall prey to thieves who steal copper tubing. The tubing is sold to scrap yards and the money is usually used to buy drugs.

Check out this website detailing the best brand of PEX on the market - over a billion feet installed with zero tubing failures. http://www.uponor-usa.com/Header/Systems/Plumbing/Overview.aspx

Other brands are very good too, but the Uponor system for putting the tubing together is great.

If you are building a new home or having work done on your home, seriously consider using PEX for a superior plumbing system.