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The PEX Effect 5 applications you need for your next multifamily project By Kim Bliss

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he construction industry is seeing a shift from metals to PEX for commercial plumbing and mechanical applications, especially in multifamily and hospitality projects. These types of structures are ideal for PEX, a flexible, durable polymer piping product that has been used since the 1970s in radiant heating applications, the mid-1990s in plumbing applications and for the past several years in mechanical hydronic heating and cooling applications.

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