PEX Pipe – My New Friend
So as I surfed and blog hopped the other day and I came across this phrase…
Don’t Buy PEX pipe – Until You See Our Low Prices
I must admit that my first thought was okay, I won’t. My second was, what the heck is PEX pipe?
Turns out PEX pipe is also known as cross-linked polyethylene tubing and it is widely used in 
water supply systems due to its advantages over the more traditional metal piping such as lead, iron or copper piping. It is also used in things like radiant floor heating systems. Hey, this is my kind of stuff! I’ve got some tile floors that could stand to be a few degrees warmer in the winter.
PEX pipe has been used in Europe for more than 40 years and in various applications in the US for the last 30. PEX resists chlorine, scale, pinholing, rust, and corrosion is flexible, versatile and 
comes in red, blue, and white to allow for coding of water lines if desired.
I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to use PEX but the first time a project comes up where I can us it, I will. I can almost feel my toes warming on the gently heated floor tiles or even better gently heated hardwood floors.
