Re-piping supply lines with PEX
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Re-piping supply lines with PEX
Hi,
I am re-piping my supply lines with PEX and am not 100% sure how to go about the routing since I have a water softener as well as my water heater to take into account. I want to use a manifold system as well for distribution.
How does the following diagram look for doing this?
I am re-piping my supply lines with PEX and am not 100% sure how to go about the routing since I have a water softener as well as my water heater to take into account. I want to use a manifold system as well for distribution.
How does the following diagram look for doing this?
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One thing...and I may be wrong...don't most WH manufacturers recommend not softening hot water? Or am I thinking of swamp coolers because I was recently messing with mine? I must be mistaken about the WH because my house was plumbed for softened hot water ONLY when I moved in. Can someone confirm?
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I believe you want to soften the hot water as it helps prolong the life of the water heater due to the fact that the softener removes minerals from the water that could reduce the life of the water heater. I may be wrong, but it sounds good to me, and I dont see how softening the water would harm the water heater at any rate.
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Lawrosa,
I believe my main is a 1" coming in. The lines going into the water heater have to be 3/4" per my local plumbing code and many others I assume. So I will be going 3/4" into the manifolds and sending out 1/2" and 3/8" to the fixtures and such.
I believe my main is a 1" coming in. The lines going into the water heater have to be 3/4" per my local plumbing code and many others I assume. So I will be going 3/4" into the manifolds and sending out 1/2" and 3/8" to the fixtures and such.
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I believe you want to soften the hot water as it helps prolong the life of the water heater
softening the water actually makes the water more conductive.. This will reduce the life of the water heater....
Dont know why you would pipe anything 3/8....
The lines going into the water heater have to be 3/4" per my local plumbing code
Never heard of such a thing... Can you show reference to this code?
So if you bought a 75 gallon water heater that comes with 1" tappings you are forced to pipe it in 3/4???
Pex has a smaller ID then copper. This is why I suggested 1" on the mains to the manifold...
You may experience pressure lose ( volume really) when you try to use multiple fixtures...