Archive for September, 2010

Benefits of PEX pipes over copper pipes

Most people have been too accustomed to the copper pipes to notice the existence of other pipes such as the PEX pipes. Old is gold they say but not all that glitters is gold. In spite of, the copper pipes having so many benefits over other pipes, it does have its disadvantages which can be [...]

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Installation of floor heating systems using PEX pipes

The system of copper “warm floors” Installation of copper ‘underfloor heating’ Collector of floor heating systems are supplied with metering and thermostatic valves that allow adjust coolant temperature. As a floor heating system can be used and an electric floor heating. Electric floor heating expedient to do when you can not connect to the main [...]

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PEX Plumbing Accessories for Support

Tube talons This is one of the innovations of the installation accessories in PEX plumbing. They are meant to allow any one doing PEX plumbing installations to secure the plumbing tubes to the wood, studs and also the wood joist. In plumbing, they can be used for the horizontal and the vertical pipe runs. Snap [...]

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Shelltube heat exchanger

Twin pipe heat exchangers of the type “pipe in pipe” Heat exchangers of this type consist of a number of serially connected units. Each link represents two coaxial tubes. For ease of cleaning and replacing inner pipes usually connect with each other “rolls” or tribes. Twin pipe heat exchangers with a large heating surface, consist [...]

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Circulation pumps for water heating systems

Heating with natural (gravitational) circulation of water are mainly used in single-family homes (cottages), or small low-rise buildings. The main application currently have a system with a pump circulating water. By way of joining the circulation of the heating system to a heat source (boiler) and the organization of hydraulic, circulation regime there are two [...]

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Types of the PEX pipe

Because of differences in material properties, of which the PEX pipe (in this case we are interested in stiffness), divide them into two subgroups: 1. Polyethylene pipes 2. PVC pipes, steel and iron Connection pressure polyethylene pipes without welding is possible in two ranges of diameters: small (20-110mm) and medium (63-315mm). The range of large [...]

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