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Uponor Ecoflex
« on: September 20, 2014, 08:45:14 AM »
Anyone ever used this stuff?
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2014, 10:17:06 PM »
I am guessing it is way out of the price range for most OWB's.

It looks similar to Watts R-Flex and ComfortPro Microflex. Those run around $12 per foot for 1" and I think they are a lot cheaper than the Ecoflex.
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2014, 11:17:36 PM »
These prices are crazy expensive, you can't even find Logstor around here all of the dealers that used to carry it switched to Rehau now.
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2014, 07:04:26 AM »
Quote from: Jwood on September 20, 2014, 08:45:14 AM
Anyone ever used this stuff?

I have it installed at my place; I also have the distinction of having a close family member work for Uponor   :thumbup:
..so I really did not have a choice when in came to which PEX to put in  ;)
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2014, 08:17:26 AM »
How does it perform Littlejohn? What did you pay per ft?
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2014, 01:17:41 PM »
I have 2 runs; 50' of 1" ThermalTwin (to detached garage/shop) & a 85' run of 1.25" ThermalTwin (to house)
...I can't remember the exact price I paid, cause I got all the tubing, fittings, ecoflex and controls in one monster purchase, back in 2010 or 2011.  All told, I could have brought a bright shiny new truck, of a fancy heating system.  Wife likes the warm floors, so I think I made the right choice (for now)

I could not tell you what I run for a delta T thru the pipes, but I have had no complaints other than that week it was -40f, garage had a hard time keeping up (found out later, pump for that side of HX was set to low, next winter I set to medium)

But like everyother pre-insluated pipe, its not fun to wrestle into the trench; even though I dug it all in before pouring concrete
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2014, 01:39:41 PM »
What kind of temp drop do you have from your boiler to the house?
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Re: Uponor Ecoflex
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2014, 07:27:01 AM »
Like I said before I can't tell you what kind of delta T, I have from the boiler, because I do not have any gauges; but this winter I will be investigating. 

Also, I only run my pump between the OWB and a FPHX, when there is a call for heat; then I mix water temperature down before it goes out to the floor.  So I am actually controlling how much heat I put out to the floor, by limiting the delta T that the loops in the floor see.
I do know that the 1" pipes to the garage run at about 3 gpm, or thats at least what my pump says its doing. 

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