Ahha, that makes to much sense. grin Thanks, I guess my problem is I like everything centralized, so no one has to run about looking for something. Although, in the end it probably doesn't make a lot of difference. Of course ensuring a secure installation will help the lines stay put as well because I can imagine the force generated when water flows through the lines. grin
On Mar 8, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Dale Leavens wrote: > You can have a hot and a cold manifold in different locations. > > If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Howell" <s.how...@verizon.net> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] PEX > > > That does interest me because I am sure at some point the laws of > > averages, time, etc. will catch up with me and require replacement of the > > copper lines in this house. If I have to do this, I think I could really > > get into the idea of a manifold arrangement and just run lines to each > > fixture. Sure it may be a little more work since you have two lines to > > run, but it sure would make finding shutoff valves and the like incredibly > > easy to setup. I also believe a retrofit could be done in stages. First > > I'd install the manifold, connect that to the system, and then set about > > running lines. The only problem I can see for myself is the line coming > > into the house off the meter is on one side of the basement and the water > > heater is on the other side. This would really mean I would have to locate > > the manifold in the area where the water heater is and not near the main > > shutoff. Currently killing the water flow to the entire house could be > > done by one of the rather tired gate valves. I imagine I could relocate > > the meter and such, but I suspect that would violate some code because one > > would have to assume a valve on the main line coming into the house would > > have to be within a certain number of feet of the entry point. Of course > > if one got super silly, the line could be accessed outside the house, > > modified, and run clear around the house to the back of the structure and > > brought in there. This of course would be very silly considering the > > amount of digging that would be required and that would just not work. > > grin > > > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Dan Rossi wrote: > > > >> There are others here who have actually done the work with PEX, I have > >> just been reading about it, but yes, you can bridge from Copper to Pex so > >> can make parcial runs of PEX. For example, I had considered ripping down > >> the main section of Copper going from my meter to the far end of the > >> basement where everything begins branching. 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