[AT] Air lines

[charliehill]

My neighbor is a plumbing contractor.  He's always been a bit old school. 
He never uses PVC except for drain lines and then he insists on cast iron 
for the vent stack because it's quieter.  He always used copper for supply 
lines until PEX came out.  To  begin with he didn't use it but after it had 
been out a while and they got the bugs out of the fittings he switched to 
it.  He swears by it.

Roy, PEX would be perfect for a retrofit like yours.
Yes there are transition fittings and you can get PEX color coded for use 
(hot water, cold water).  Go to Lowes or Home Depot, look around in the 
plumbing section and check it out.  I'm not saying necessarily to buy it 
from them but you can put your hands on it there and see the fittings, etc.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Air lines


>
> On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Jim & Lyn Evans wrote:
>
>> I plan to use PEX in my shop.  I also have heard the manufacturer of
>> PEX
>> uses it for their airlines,
>
> I just read a bit about PEX online at:
> http://www.ppfahome.org/pex/faqpex.html
>
> It seems like good stuff.  My very old house has a mix of copper (from
> from the cellar piping upwards) and iron/steel old pipes in the
> basement.  The old stuff is on the list to be replaced, and maybe PEX
> is the candidate.
>
> I presume there are fittings to transition to normal copper plumbing.
>
> Roy
>
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
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