| Size: | 3/4" |
|---|---|
| Material: | Plastic |
first make sure you made a big enough hole in the flooring not to crunch the insulator. second, run the tubing first, and then push the insulator in the hole and screw down. hope this helps.
In me experience if you would like the insulator to stay in place, the 1-3/8" hole is needed. You can however, use heat capable silicone to hold the insulator in place.
they will work but they will be loose you might be better off buying the 3/4 suspension clamps that you screw in they would work better because you already have the bigger holes drilled and they would hold the pex better and be tighter the insulators might fall out of the holes because they are drilled the wrong size
All of the pipe insulators that pex supply sell are made to snap around the pipe and installed in a predrilled 1 3/8 hole. The insulator you choose needs to be pre installed then the pipe run through it. I suppose they could be cut and then fitted over the pipe. This presuppose that you did drill your holes 1 3/8. If the hole you drilled are not 1 3/8 then spray foam is your next best choice. Good luck Sent from my iPad
Supporting the PEX is not a necessity in this application, but it certainly can be done. If you choose to do so, a clip every four feet or so should be sufficient.
You would need to use a threaded x PEX fitting (assuming the steel pipe has threads). The fitting can be either crimp/clamp or ProPEX on the PEX side. A SharkBite fitting with threads on one side would be another option.
According to the manufacturer, a 1-3/8" hole would need to be drilled.
Yes, you may use it for that purpose.
Yes, you can run the PEX tubing through those holes without insulation. For 1/2" PEX we would recommend drilling 1" and for 3/4" drilling 1-1/4".
Yes, you would use this tubing insulator for through the wall studs and floor plates. The drill size would be 1-3/8".