Household plumbing systems use PEX for pipes to supply water and carry away sewage. The term PEX stands for "crosslinked polyethylene." PEX piping is manufactured by melting high-density ...

Plastic PEX tubing was introduced into the U.S. market as a radiant floor heating product in the 1980s. In the 1990s, PEX started to appear as piping material for use in domestic potable drinking ...

I cut my teeth as a young plumber using copper (PEX hadn’t been invented at the time). Plastic PEX tubing was first introduced into the United States as a radiant-floor heating product in the ...

My inspector says I can use PEX pipe, and it seems too good to be true. I've never worked with PEX, but I have some experience sweating copper tubing.

PEX tubing installs just like Romex electric cables. Imagine running a 50-foot-long garden hose through the joists of your home from the mechanical room to a second-floor bathroom.

It is ideal for attaching the new PEX plumbing to your existing copper pipe without using heat and solder. Use a tubing cutter to make a clean square cut on the end of the PEX tubing.

Household plumbing systems use PEX for pipes to supply water and carry away sewage. The term PEX stands for "crosslinked polyethylene." PEX piping is manufactured by melting high-density ...

I prefer installing PEX using a manifold system. This uses more PEX tubing, but it eliminates all the fittings hidden in the walls and ceilings of your home.