For what kind of application is PEX used?
PEX is used in the many piping applications including the following: • Domestic hot and cold water supply which includes all forms of central heating and under floor heating • Domestic and industrial natural gas supply outdoors and within buildings • Natural gas supply in extreme ambient conditions • Carrier pipe in RTP Reinforced Plastics Pipes for high pressure gas applications • District heating systems • Air-conditioning systems • Solar energy systems • Automotive and ship-building • Transport of industrial gases, compressed air and fluids (Including fuel oil, gases, acids and alkalis and other chemicals) • Process engineering and other specialised applications • Buried pipe using ‘as-dug’ backfill, a significant cost saving compared with sand bedding
