No, but I'm a longtime committee member, forum subscriber and self-appointed surrogate for George L. Church, the late great Direwolf of the Forum. I'm pretty sure it's not the intent of this list-server to host conversations that trash product technologies or widely accepted good practices. I'm neither a plumber nor shareholder but have a 15+ year awareness of and understanding of the product and I'm acutely in touch with the fact that you can't just "ban" or disparage a product that, in this case, arguably has a better service history than steel or CPVC.
PEX has a limited range of applications and pipe sizes, as well as a lower rated working pressure. But it's easy to install, doesn't require threading, brazing, soldering, cement or any method of fusion to assemble and (unlike CPVC) can be tested immediately after installation. I'm absolutely NOT advocating for PEX (or CPVC or copper or stainless unobtanium for that matter) but before you use slash and burn sales tactics, you might want to actually educate yourself about the product and its performance history dating back to 1972, if I'm not mistaken. The preceding is definitely my opinion only. Happy weekend all, Steve L. From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Irwin Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Pex What are you, a plumber? Pex stock holder? =) =) John Irwin Manager - Fire Sprinkler Division Critical System Solutions, LLC Cell: 813.618.2781 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Leyton Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 2:16 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Pex John: I'm definitely NOT the arbiter of taste and protocol for the Forum but your premise is - in my humblest of opinions - flawed and contentious. What's the basis for your belief that a combined PEX system is garbage? Keeping in mind that manufacturers of UL listed PEX are members in good standing of both AFSA and NFSA and their representatives serve on NFPA technical committees and the manufacturers/suppliers boards of both trade groups ... Steve L. From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Irwin Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:07 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Pex I need to convince a client that a combined pex system is garbage ... and I need to do it quickly. Frankly I won't use it period but other than "it's crap" is there another reason not to use it? John Irwin Manager - Fire Sprinkler Division Critical System Solutions, LLC 2830 Scherer Drive, Suite 300 St. Petersburg, FL 33716 Office: 727.209.5122 Fax: 727.209.5126 Cell: 813.618.2781 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [CSS Logo]
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