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I have sealed up all my crawl space vents. I am installing an outdoor tankless on the side of the house. I would rather not put a hole in the floor joint that is sitting on the block that holds up the house. There are a couple of closed crawl space vents that I would rather use to run the...

It is really necessary to tie down PEX every 4 feet? I am replacing PolyB with PEX. The previous plumber tied down Poly B all over the place. I had to make a lot of holes just to cut the tie downs. Most of other run goes through floor joists (working on the plumbing on the second floor of a...

I am going to bury 1" in PEX in clay soil in North Carolina. - Can I bury the PEX directly in the clay as long as the clay is firm and just put the clay soil back on top? Or do I need a bed of sand. - I was thinking about wrapping the pipe in polyethylene foam tubing and snaking for expansion...

I have some old black plastic main line about 36"deep in the ground. I was able to loosen in up with a power washer without having to dig much. I was able to use my own strength to pull most of it. But, it got harder and I used my truck. Now I would like to put in 1" PEX-B by hooking the old...

I am in installing Pex-b in the house. I have lights in the crawl space, to work on vapor barrier, duct work and etc.... Do I need to cover pex with a UV protector? The Pex I have says that it has 6 months of UV protection. Does that mean 6 months of direct sunlight over the course of the...

I am replacing p0ly B with PEX. Starting to replace my line between the meter and the house first. I found out that the main line is 3/4" ish almost 1". It is old black plastic pipe. It uses barb fittings. There is a hugh difference in diameter from the old 3/4" to the new PEX 3/4"...