[AT] Air lines, now Water Lines

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sat Oct 17 04:37:50 PDT 2009


Herb, you don't really need to worry about PEX freezing except for the 
fittings.  The pipe will not fail when it freezes.  Sounds like a good plan 
to me.  If you've got a little extra cash laying around you might look at 
buying some freeze proof hydrants.  Then all of your PEX can stay 
underground, you won't have to worry about UV damage and the water will flow 
even in cold weather.

http://www.agrisupply.com/product.asp?pn=25453&sid=&eid

http://www.tractorsupply.com/hydrants/shur-dri-hydrant-2-ft-bury-depth-3115927

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Air lines, now Water Lines


> Roy, Charlie, & Others
> What timing!  Had finally decided to extend our water piping  to gardens &
> tree areass on three sides of the house.  Will be using continuous runs of
> PEX with the final ends coming out of ground and faucets secured to 
> treated
> posts approx one foot above ground.  Will add a shutoff valve at the house
> and a valved drain so hose can be partially drained (for freeze
> protection).  Will place a piece of flexible tubing over the PEX to 
> protect
> from the sun and careless lawn mowing, etc.
> Suggestions? Herb
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 10/17/2009 6:01:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Air lines
>>
>> 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
>> > 529 Cobb St.
>> > Groton NY, 13073
>> > Home: 607-898-3607
>> > Cell: 301-928-7794
>> >
>> >
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