Can You Use Heat Tape On Pex Pipe

rt66electric

My water lines froze - remodel pex lines are ran upward the due north wall- Tried this/Tried that, I ended up cuttung a holesaw in the lower role of the wall and bravado a hairdryer in the wall.
Hi Northen boys-- Is there any type of heat-tape rated for PEX?? tin can you lot run information technology inside of a finnished wall. 100year old Wood on the exterior and drywall/plaster on the inside.??

LarryFine

Usually, the piping is inside the insulation envelope. You may want to re-route the pipage.

electricmanscott

Run the pipes on the inside of the room, not in the wall .

That sounds bonny.

electricmanscott

My water lines froze - remodel pex lines are ran up the n wall- Tried this/Tried that, I ended up cuttung a holesaw in the lower part of the wall and blowing a hairdryer in the wall.
HELLO Northen boys-- Is in that location any type of rut-tape rated for PEX?? can you run it inside of a finnished wall. 100year old Wood on the exterior and drywall/plaster on the inside.??

This may be crazy but I'll give it a go. It's chosen "google"

http://www.ppfahome.org/pex/faqpex.html

LarryFine

Translation: "Tin't meet it from my business firm."

Pierre C Belarge

I'm no expert, but I call back whatever self-regulating heat record would work. How hot do yous think it gets.... 300??

I am non sure of all pipe trace, but I believe some pipe trace is not listed for plastic/PVC pipage. You will need to read the instructions.

mtfallsmikey

Raychem make heat tape is self-regulating, simply I believe it is rated only for ABS/PVC piping, not PEX. Whatever water line withingn 5' of an exterior wall needs to be insulated....it's that most wonderful time of the year! If I still had my biz, I'd exist making a killing right now!

Cold Fusion

... If it is in an exterior wall with not insulation directly on the pex information technology was not legally installed. ...

c2500 -
Can you give me a reference for this?

cf

Cold Fusion

... Whatever water line withingn v' of an outside wall needs to be insulated....

milek -
Is this a regulation, local rule, good do, plumbing code, building lawmaking, ??

Practice y'all have a reference?

cf

electricmanscott

More than attractive than busted pipes (fifty-fifty PEX has it's limitations) and water damage!

I live in New England and all of my pipes are installed in walls. None have frozen AND it doesn't expect like I live in some sort of backwoods lean to.