[Strawbale] Pex supply lines in SB walls?

[Andrew Morrison]

Why risk putting any plumbing into bale walls?  I always isolate my plumbing
lines from the bales and design the layout to avoid putting water lines in
my bale walls.  Period.

Andrew

Andrew Morrison, General Contractor
A.C. Morrison Construction, LLC
Specializing in Straw Bale Construction 
Andrew at StrawBale.com 
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[mailto:strawbale-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of John Swearingen
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:21 PM
To: 'Mark Frazier'; 'SB List'; SB-r-us at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Pex supply lines in SB walls?

The consideration is that the pipes might "sweat", experience condensation,
particularly where a cold water line comes into a bale wall from outside.
For that reason, cold water lines are often put into a sleeve that has some
capability of draining to the outside.

John

John Swearingen
 SKILLFUL MEANS
design and construction
 www.skillful-means.com


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:strawbale-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Mark Frazier
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:14 AM
To: SB List; SB-r-us at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Strawbale] Pex supply lines in SB walls?


>
> What's the current "best practice" for running pex lines inside SB
> walls?
>
> I know that for copper pipes, they'd need to be in plastic conduit,
> but does the
> same apply for pex?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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