PEX Supply Lines have now become the standard material used for supply lines for residential applications especially in single family applications. There are two major advantages to using pex over copper supply lines. The first is the initial cost of the materials is much less than copper. The second advantage is in the labor savings, most plumbers can install pex in about 1/3 of the time required to install copper.

When installing PEX supply lines it is very important to have a properly calibrated crimping tool. If the crimp tool is adjusted to crimp too tight or not tight enough, leaks can from over the coarse of a few short years.