[Greenbuilding] Doing PEX myself

[Keith Winston]

In many areas, you are hardly allowed to touch your own potable 
plumbing. It is much more commonly legal to do your own heating system, 
though gas lines and hook-ups to the potable water and the sewage system 
are often sore-points.

You can almost certainly run your own radiant floor. You quite likely 
can't install your own boiler. Sometimes, even if there are permitting 
requirements, you can find a plumber that will work with you, allow you 
to run the lines and they'll check them, pull the permit and call for 
the inspection, and tie everything together. Not all plumbers will be 
interested in this deal, and you may have to convince them you aren't 
going to be a pain in their *&% for them to want to bother. And that 
you're competent.

Do you know what you're doing? Are you willing/interested to put the 
time in to learn? Those are just questions to ask yourself...

K

Jefro wrote:
>> What makes you think you can't install pex yourself? Is it illegal for you to do plumbing, run copper lines etc? Pex is plumbing...
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> In some areas, a plumbing contractor is required to install PEX.  Not 
> too different from requiring a licensed electrician to install a panel, 
> even though 99% of the wiring can be done by an owner-builder.
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>> The real way to find out is to call your local building permit offices and ask them....
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> Good idea, thanks
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Keith Winston
Earth Sun Energy Systems
3927 Madison St.
Hyattsville, MD 20781
301-980-6325
keith at earthsunenergy.com
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