Gary Slusser
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Man... yes it is PEX and it says PEX on it and you're still questioning. Deep breath and change your thinking to how to do the plumbing and you'll feel better shortly.I assume the tubing in my picture above is PEX? It did not look quite like the PEX piping at the store, it appears more rigid to me than the stuff at the store. I see an identifying mark of PEX1006? on some of the piping but nothing else that makes any sense to me. It appears to be just over 1" outside diameter and the fittings appear to be in the range of .8" so it must be the 1" PEX if it is PEX tubing.
3/4" PEX (copper, CPVC) has a 7/8" OD, 1" will be about 1.25".
You are worrying about nothing, you'll never notice the "bottleneck" you imagine. When water comes to a restriction in its flow, it speeds up through the restriction and then slows back down. The restriction in the BP valve is very smooth and causes no noticeable loss of flow.I was looking at the Fleck bypass valve and the opening looks ridiculously small when set to the service position.
This seems like it would be a huge bottleneck to water flow?
Maybe next time I embark on a plumbing adventure I'll just hire a plumber!