PEX is cheaper than copper. Half-inch PEX tubing costs about one-third the price of copper. Some of the savings will go towards purchasing a special tool to install the fittings. But if you’re ...

Installing PEX tubing can be done with cinch or crimp rings and a cinch clamp tool or compression or stab-in fittings, either technique is easier and less toxic than sweating copper.

Are you planning to install or replace plumbing pipes in your home? You've probably heard that plastic pipes made of PEX or PVC are competing with copper in popularity, but what are they, exactly ...

The QickClampâ„¢, a PEX tubing installation tool, allows installers to make tube-to-fitting connections of multiple sizes with one crimping tool; one tool fits all four sizes of the fitting (3/8, 1/2, ...

PEX plumbing, aka cross-linked polyethylene, is a great application for both residential and commercial radiant and hydronic systems.

The manifold method ensures that you have no hidden joints or fittings hidden in walls or ceilings, but you end up using much more tubing material. I’m a big believer in PEX.

My inspector says I can use PEX pipe, and it seems too good to be true. I've never worked with PEX, but I have some experience sweating copper tubing.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Building Standards Commission has given its approval for the use of PEX tubing in potable water systems in the state following its review of a Second Revised Draft ...

Are you planning to install or replace plumbing pipes in your home? You’ve probably heard that plastic pipes made of PEX or PVC are competing with copper in popularity, but what are they ...