I am tempted to replace the old iron pipe that my house uses for the heating runs. From the furnace it is copper as you can see in the picture, and then goes into the older iron pipe.
The main reasons for wanting to replace it are that I want to add zoning. Also, the pipes hang down about 1.5' from the joists, which tends to catch my head when I'm not paying close enough attention. I also want to move the radiators around a bit, and copper/etc would be easier to work with.
Originally I was just going to use copper, but I started to wonder if PEX would work? Copper keeps going up in price. I also like the fact that PEX is solid and I won't have joints in the walls. Not a big concern since I'd pressure test it, but still. PEX is distributed by nature, so it seems like it would in therory work well for this.
I'm just starting to think about this project. It may be something I try and tackle this summer/fall as I currently have the living room gutted and have access to run the pipe in the walls.
Any thoughts?
The main reasons for wanting to replace it are that I want to add zoning. Also, the pipes hang down about 1.5' from the joists, which tends to catch my head when I'm not paying close enough attention. I also want to move the radiators around a bit, and copper/etc would be easier to work with.
Originally I was just going to use copper, but I started to wonder if PEX would work? Copper keeps going up in price. I also like the fact that PEX is solid and I won't have joints in the walls. Not a big concern since I'd pressure test it, but still. PEX is distributed by nature, so it seems like it would in therory work well for this.
I'm just starting to think about this project. It may be something I try and tackle this summer/fall as I currently have the living room gutted and have access to run the pipe in the walls.
Any thoughts?