Zurn Pex Sweating Extremly Badly??

doubleaction

I installed Zurn pex in my own personal house i am building. I thought this stuff wasnt supposed to sweat. But i was in my basement today and there are a few wet spots on the floor where the pex is sweating so badly and dripping its making a small puddle. It has been in the 90's the last few days and humid as hell i know that has something to do with it but it is bad. I also don't have the ac hooked up yet and i know that will cure some of the problem. Has anyone else had a problem with pex sweating?

Thanks
Eric

Grumpyplumber

PEX, CPVC just got approval here...lotsa debatin' goin' on.
One of the "selling" features is what you just posted...makes me wonder how many of their other claims are true.

MechanicalDVR

I have seen it sweat just as much as copper when people leave there basement windows open even with the a/c on. Pex is just another product that came from the aerospace industry, that is supposed to revolutionize plumbing. I still prefer the taste of water from copper pipe.

doubleaction

here are some pics, what do you think

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Ron The Plumber

Sweat is not going hurt the pipes, in a humid climate pipes will sweat, with all brands of pipe, get a dehumidifier to removes excess moister in the air and that will help solve the problem.

doubleaction

Not worried about it hurting anything just wondering if its common.

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Ron The Plumber

Common with all pipes.

georgia dawg

Is this a crawlspace? I've had this same exact problem with PVC in new construction, but after we put the plastic down over the dirt, it totally went away. It's not the pipe, it's the humid environment it's in.

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mdshunk

I think the low voltage installer needs kicked in the head. Double-ugly workmanship.

JamesNLA

LMAO!!!

It's a nest allright.
And the OP is brave for using the copper clamps, I won't use them only the stainless clamps, IMO they hold better.

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Tmrrptr

It seems in Hell you've got a real humid situation that would do the same thing whatever kind of pipe was used.
r

Ron The Plumber

In hell you would die for any type of humidity.

doubleaction

Its actually my father in law. He retired from ameritech. But in is defense everything is just roughly ran to the basement.

And yes this is a crawl about 4' in height.

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Grumpyplumber

Right, despite their pitch that it doesn't....in my area the BIG deal is that it doesn't burst when frozen...thats in their pitch too.