Half-inch PEX tubing costs about one-third the price of copper. ... If you use a manifold and ‘home-run’ system, it’s like running a garden hose to each fixture — super fast and easy.

The manifold method ensures that you have no hidden joints or fittings hidden in walls or ceilings, but you end up using much more tubing material. I’m a big believer in PEX.

The new Alumicor® PEX-Al-PEX tubing offers all the benefits of cross-linked polyethylene tubing, as well as holding its shape when it is bent. Alumicor bends easily but then stays in place due to a ...

The Radiant Rollout™ mat is a custom-designed, prefabricated, pre-pressurized network of crosslinked polyethylene (PEX-a) tubing designed for radiant heating and cooling applications. Because it’s ...