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   EdJW | Jun 04, 2003 12:31am | #1

   John, try this link, there are several books to choose from.  Also the "Wall" is a another great place to ask hydronic heating questions. http://www.heatinghelp.com/shopcart/index.cfm?category=2

   -Ed

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   JohnCA07 | Jun 04, 2003 01:16am | #2

   What I am looking for is plumbing (potable water supply) books or manuals focusing on Pex tubing.

   EDJW: thanks for the link to radiated heating; I'll save it for another project.

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   brucepirger | Jun 05, 2003 07:04pm | #3

   Hi John:

   I ran AquaPex in my house...I also couldn't find a whole lot on the topic.  Look through the Wirsbo stuff...if you haven't...they have some information.  If you go with Wirsbo, you'll buy the expansion tool...and there's a little "booklet" in there that talks about basic running of PEX.  Nothing more than the obvious though really.  Seems to work great!

   I have 1" manifolds that feed all the PEX lines...homeruns to the fixtures...a valve for each off the manifold.  Bought them from Wirsbo...18 cold lines, 12 hot.

   I think it looks great and I think it will work great.  Couldn't be easier to snake the PEX.  I think the only "tricks" are not to kink it, although it can be heated and repaired, and not to clamp it too tightly.

   I hired some folks to install my boilder and do the near boiler radiant plumbing...and they were very pleased with my work.  All they could say was "overkill". 

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   Wet_Head | Jun 05, 2003 07:20pm | #5

   just don't overkill too much on the hot water line size unless you have recirc.

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   Wet_Head | Jun 05, 2003 07:18pm | #4

   Don't you know only pros should install PEX?

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   just kidding.  relax.

   What brand are you planning to use?  

   Tip: Rehau makes the best fitting system on the market!  And their tubing is made with the Engel method which is the best.  Same as Wirsbo.