Ok, I got my basement slab poored with pex in it 5 years ago. The design was done by me (With the little I know back then), basically, 1 zone, 1/2 pex, 8 in appart, 4 loop, less than 160 feet each. Bought a manifold from the radiant company back then, but I got ripped off on brokerage fees
Anyway, design by me, but at th etime, I was working on a project 600 miles frome home, so Dad did all of the install. The pex was bought at our local hardware store, they said, this is what we're selling for radiant heat..... So, 5 year after, I am spending (Finally) some time at home and I started to look at the pex, wondering if it's good or not (Reading some post here about non O2 barrier pex, ect...)
So here's the details that i found about my basement slab pex:
Made in Canada by VANGUARD PIPE & FITTINGS LTD. CANPEX OXY BARRIER 1/2 (CTS-00) 100 PSI @180F nsf-PW (ASTM F876/F877) ASTM F1807/F2159/F2434 CSA/8137.5 L24293 PEX1006 SDR-9.
So from what i get it's a O2 barrier 1/2 pex. But it's not cross-linked. Should I'll be ok with this pex poored in my slab ?
And I've got another roll of it, 500' that was left on main floor, uncovered, and withing 6 months, some of the pex faded from the sun, so I will not use for the remaining of the to be installed system. But I will keep it, thinking it can be a good pex to run a water line to my shop, or get 2 run of it in between my future underground line to the boiler, so if ever something froze solid, I could always run hot anti-freeze thru it to thaw the main line (But this is all an eventuallity, I do not have my shop nor my boiler yet, but If I have it laying around, it would be free to add some safety back-up to my underground line, and maybe runnin 1 for year round fresh water from the house to the shop)
What you guys think ?
Thanks
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Anyway, design by me, but at th etime, I was working on a project 600 miles frome home, so Dad did all of the install. The pex was bought at our local hardware store, they said, this is what we're selling for radiant heat..... So, 5 year after, I am spending (Finally) some time at home and I started to look at the pex, wondering if it's good or not (Reading some post here about non O2 barrier pex, ect...)
So here's the details that i found about my basement slab pex:
Made in Canada by VANGUARD PIPE & FITTINGS LTD. CANPEX OXY BARRIER 1/2 (CTS-00) 100 PSI @180F nsf-PW (ASTM F876/F877) ASTM F1807/F2159/F2434 CSA/8137.5 L24293 PEX1006 SDR-9.
So from what i get it's a O2 barrier 1/2 pex. But it's not cross-linked. Should I'll be ok with this pex poored in my slab ?
And I've got another roll of it, 500' that was left on main floor, uncovered, and withing 6 months, some of the pex faded from the sun, so I will not use for the remaining of the to be installed system. But I will keep it, thinking it can be a good pex to run a water line to my shop, or get 2 run of it in between my future underground line to the boiler, so if ever something froze solid, I could always run hot anti-freeze thru it to thaw the main line (But this is all an eventuallity, I do not have my shop nor my boiler yet, but If I have it laying around, it would be free to add some safety back-up to my underground line, and maybe runnin 1 for year round fresh water from the house to the shop)
What you guys think ?
Thanks