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Installation of PEX connection with crimp tool

Installation of mechanical screwed PEX connection with PEX crimp tools in the following order: * Cut PEX pipe perpendicular to its axis, leaving no burrs * Wear crimp nut and locking the cutting ring on the end of the PEX pipe * Insert the PEX tube inside the sleeve, it should go there all the [...]

Design of PEX Radiant Heating

The design of compounds WiPEX very reliable and allows fast and easy to carry out installation, even in inaccessible places. When you build a conventional wrench or cap key. Installation compounds Uponor Wirsbo WiPEX Fittings, which are used in combination with PEX fittings WiPEX (PEX tees, PEX couplings, PEX elbows, PEX adapters and so on. [...]

PEX pipe

Fig1. Cut pipe perpendicular to its axis by means of PEX pipe cutter or hacksaw. Fig.2 Remove the inner chamfer pipe with a knife, remove all external burrs. Fig.3. Remove the outer crimp clamp, removing the bolt and extending it with pliers. Fig.4. Install the bolt head between the strap and remove the crimp clamp [...]

PEX Fittings from Uponor Wirsbo Quick & Easy ®

Quick & Easy Connection is designed for installation of PEX pipe Uponor Wirsbo-PEX (evalPEX). This unique combination is based on the increased elasticity and molecular memory of the material of PEX pipe and rings, own crimp PEX fitting after expansion in the cold. Installation of the system is quick and easy, requires no special expensive [...]

Floors are concrete solutions

Concrete floor PEX radiant heating with defined as “wet” performance of floor PEX radiant heating system. It is very important that the concrete was not air bubbles, and especially around PEX pipe. There are several methods of laying underfloor PEX radiant heating with a concrete solution. Minimum thickness of concrete above the mud tubes should [...]

Standard insulation foam (certified by the influence of sound) may be subjected to a load of 20 ÷ 36 kg / m 2, ie polystyrene PS 20 and PS 30. Other types of isolation, admitted in terms of permeability of sound, can withstand loads of up to 5 kg/m2. Hydronic heating floor PEX radiant heating [...]

Floating wood floors

Floors of this type are arranged on wooden floor beams. Between the joist is the insulating layer of material that prevents the flow of heat down. A layer of insulation 10 cm thick, densely fills the space between the beams. By reinforcing bars nailed across the wooden slats. These floors do not contain any concrete [...]

Installation of PEX pipe

Choosing the correct distance between the PEX pipe according to the following table provides an opportunity for individual selection of a single heat requirements for each room. Heat demand [W/m2] The distance between the loop [mm] needed tube [m/m2] Application area approx. 100 75 13,3 bathrooms coastal zone 90-100 150 6,6 band stay 75-90 225 [...]