Around here most single family homes are piped in ¾ Copper. When we pipe in pex, the ¾ pex is technically ½ id; and the ½ is ⅜; however most sinks are supplied with 3/8 or 1/4 tubing Most showers/tubs installed with ½ piping Toilets are 3/8 as well As long as you pipe 3/4 to each gang and then reduce to ½ at each fixture (¾x½ tees and ¾x½x½) as per code in most areas in New York; the difference between copper and pex is; while noticeable to me the plumber, not noticeable to 99% of people out there. Pipe your shower valves with ¾pex x ½ male adapters, try to use AS LITTLE FITTINGS when running your branches (bend those 90 out without kinking it. Summon your inner electrican and pull!!) And gurantees will have zero issues with pressure in the home
So using b pex it’s 1” to the house and then run 3/4 feeds. Use 3/4 1/2 1/2 tees to ensure that all fixtures are being fed by a dedicated 1/2 line. For residential application, this I completely fine.
and this is why when im running crimp style pex i do the trunk method were i run 3 lines 1 hot 1 cold and 1 return preferably in the center of the house runing to each end then tap off those lines to individual feed each appliance with 1/2 and install a recirculation pump in order to keep the hotline hot so the customer isn’t waiting two minutes for hot water pex a with the expansion fitting u can feed 2 appliances I found but anymore you run the issue of loss of pressure if more than one is ran just like copper
@@ManyBothansDied48 never heard anyone abbreviate it like that. Looks like you said okay good. Wouldn't that sound like an attitude to you if you read it that way?
lol, it’s not pressure that’s lost. It’s volume. The smaller the line that feeds multiple fixtures will loose volume. Pressure will remain the same.
Around here most single family homes are piped in ¾ Copper.
When we pipe in pex, the ¾ pex is technically ½ id; and the ½ is ⅜; however most sinks are supplied with 3/8 or 1/4 tubing
Most showers/tubs installed with ½ piping
Toilets are 3/8 as well
As long as you pipe 3/4 to each gang and then reduce to ½ at each fixture (¾x½ tees and ¾x½x½) as per code in most areas in New York; the difference between copper and pex is; while noticeable to me the plumber, not noticeable to 99% of people out there.
Pipe your shower valves with ¾pex x ½ male adapters, try to use AS LITTLE FITTINGS when running your branches (bend those 90 out without kinking it. Summon your inner electrican and pull!!) And gurantees will have zero issues with pressure in the home
So using b pex it’s 1” to the house and then run 3/4 feeds. Use 3/4 1/2 1/2 tees to ensure that all fixtures are being fed by a dedicated 1/2 line. For residential application, this I completely fine.
and this is why when im running crimp style pex i do the trunk method were i run 3 lines 1 hot 1 cold and 1 return preferably in the center of the house runing to each end then tap off those lines to individual feed each appliance with 1/2 and install a recirculation pump in order to keep the hotline hot so the customer isn’t waiting two minutes for hot water pex a with the expansion fitting u can feed 2 appliances I found but anymore you run the issue of loss of pressure if more than one is ran just like copper
Low water VOLUME. You can use a straw and it'll have the same pressure but won't have the proper volume
Who feels like they need to have the last word today?
Gd = good day. ???
@@ManyBothansDied48 never heard anyone abbreviate it like that. Looks like you said okay good. Wouldn't that sound like an attitude to you if you read it that way?
I get it haha. Have a good one :)