I kēia mau lā, he nui nā ʻano hana hoihoi a hana noʻeau o ka paipu ʻana. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana paipu home kaulana loa i kēia lā ʻo PEX (Cross-Linked Polyethylene), kahi ʻōnaehana paipu a me ke kūpono i maʻalahi e hoʻopuni i nā mea keakea o ka papahele a me ka paia, akā paʻa loa e kū i ka pala a me ka wai wela. Hoʻopili ʻia nā paipu PEX i nā mea palaki a me nā mea hao ma ke kikowaena o ka ʻōnaehana ma o ka crimping ma mua o ke kāpili a i ʻole ka welding. I ka wā e pili ana i ka paipu PEX vs PVC maʻalahi, ʻo wai ke koho maikaʻi?

ʻO ka PVC palupalu ke ʻano o kona kani ʻana. Hepaipu palupalu o ka nui like me ka PVC maʻamaua hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i nā mea hoʻopili PVC me ka sima PVC palupalu. ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa o ka PVC palupalu ma mua o ka paipu PEX ma muli o kona nui 40 a me ka mānoanoa o ka paia. E heluhelu e ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka paipu PEX a i ʻole ka PVC palupalu no kāu noi!

mea hoʻohui
Ua like ke ʻano o nā mea ʻelua ma muli o ko lākou mau ʻano palupalu, akā ʻokoʻa loa ko lākou ʻano, ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ke kau ʻana. E hoʻomaka kākou ma ka nānā ʻana i ka mea. ʻO PEX ke kū nei no ka polyethylene cross-linked. Hana ʻia ia me ka polyethylene kiʻekiʻe me nā pilina cross-linked i loko o ka ʻano polymer. He kani paʻakikī ia, akā ʻo ia hoʻi he palupalu ka mea a hiki ke kū i nā kaomi kiʻekiʻe (a hiki i 180F no nā noi plumbing).

Hana ʻia ka PVC palupalu mai ka mea like me ka PVC maʻamau: polyvinyl chloride. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻohui ʻia nā plasticizers i ka hui e hāʻawi iā ia i ka palupalu. Hiki i ka PVC palupalu ke kū i nā mahana mai -10F a i 125F, no laila ʻaʻole kūpono no ka wai wela. Eia nō naʻe, he mea pono loa ia i kekahi mau noi, a mākou e uhi ai ma ka ʻāpana aʻe.

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ʻOi aku ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā paipu ʻelua ma mua o ko lākou ʻano. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i nā noi like ʻole. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka paipu PEX i ka plumbing home a me nā ʻoihana ma muli o kona mau koi liʻiliʻi o ka wahi a me ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe. He kūpono ʻo PEX no kēia mau hana no ka mea hiki ke kūlou maʻalahi a kūlou i kekahi ʻaoʻao me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea pono he nui. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana ma mua o ke keleawe, ʻo ia ke kūlana wai wela no nā hanauna.

ʻAʻole paha e hoʻokō ka paipu PVC palupalu i ka wai wela, akā he mau pono ʻē aʻe kona. ʻO kona paʻakikī kūkulu a me ke kemika e hana ai i ka PVC palupalu i kūpono no nā loko wai a me ka hoʻoinu wai. ʻAʻole nui ka hopena o ka chlorine i hoʻohana ʻia no ka wai loko i kēia paipu paʻakikī. He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka PVC Flex no ka hoʻoinu wai ʻana i ka māla, no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hele ma nā wahi āpau āu e pono ai me ka ʻole o nā ʻano mea hoʻonāukiuki he nui.

E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka paipu PEX me ka PVC palupalu ua like ia me ke kuʻi ʻana i kahi hui kinipōpō e kūʻē i kahi hui hockey. He ʻokoʻa loa lākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokūkū kekahi me kekahi! Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia kahi e pau ai nā ʻokoʻa. E nānā mākou i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o kēlā me kēia ʻano paipu: ke kau ʻana. E heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i nā polokalamu PEX ma kēia ʻatikala mai The Family Handyman.

E hoʻouka
I kēia manawa e hoʻomaka mākou me ka PVC palupalu, ʻoiai ua kau ʻia ma ke ʻano a mākou i kamaʻāina loa ai ma PVC Fittings Online. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka paipu me ke ʻano like onā mea hoʻopili e like me ka paipu PVC maʻamau. No ka mea, ua aneane like kona ʻano kemika me ka PVC maʻamau, hiki ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka PVC palupalu i nā mea hana PVC. Loaʻa ka sima PVC palupalu kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia e kū i nā haʻalulu a me nā kaomi i loaʻa pinepine ʻia i loko o nā loko ʻauʻau a me nā ʻōnaehana spa.

Nā pex tees, nā apo crimp a me nā mea hana crimp Hoʻohana nā paipu PEX i kahi ʻano hoʻohui kūikawā. Ma kahi o ke kāpili a i ʻole ka wili ʻana, hoʻohana ʻo PEX i nā mea hao ʻoi a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​mea palaki i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a kau ʻia paha ma ke kikowaena. Hoʻopili ʻia nā paipu palaki i kēia mau wēlau ʻoi ma o nā apo crimp metala, i ʻōwili ʻia me nā mea hana crimping kūikawā. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia ʻano hana, he mau kekona wale nō ka pilina. I ka wā e pili ana i ka plumbing home, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka manawa e hoʻokomo ai nā ʻōnaehana PEX ma mua okeleawe a i ʻole CPVCʻO ke kiʻi ma ka ʻākau e hōʻike ana i kahi tee polyalloy PEX, kahi apo crimp keleawe, a me kahi mea hana crimp, loaʻa nā mea āpau ma kā mākou hale kūʻai!