is a person able to use off the shelf pex the white stuff is rated to 180 degrees and would be used with a unpressurized owb would this work thanks everyone
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Generally the stuff you buy at your local home center doesn't have an oxygen barrier but since your using it in a non pressurized system and are treating your water this doesn't mater.I have used it myself with no ill effects.
I wouldn't.
Heating use is different than potable water and the product has not been tested in that application. Why in the world would you take the chance on a failure down the road? Especially if it's small bore tube in a cement floor. The risk/reward ratio is exceedingly low.
Say you need 2000 feet of 1/2" and you can buy the plumbing pex for .34 a foot, the Barrier pex is .45 So you are taking a chance of the system failing for the sake of $220.
Heating use is different than potable water and the product has not been tested in that application. Why in the world would you take the chance on a failure down the road? Especially if it's small bore tube in a cement floor. The risk/reward ratio is exceedingly low.
Say you need 2000 feet of 1/2" and you can buy the plumbing pex for .34 a foot, the Barrier pex is .45 So you are taking a chance of the system failing for the sake of $220.
Do they also have the red stuff? My Home Depot sells Red and White. The Red is rated at a higher temperature.
yes , they do got the red stuff and it has a higher temp. rating , but they told me they could only get it in 3/4
Ask the people at Home Depot.............................no, forget it because they probably won't know. Look on the tube and see if it says anything regarding Oxygen Barrier or O2 Barrier on it. If it does, it's heating tube. If it doesn't, it's for potable water use. Get the right stuff for the job. Please.
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