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Author Topic: bending ThemoPex easier  (Read 3009 times)

2muchtime

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bending ThemoPex easier
« on: October 04, 2009, 04:24:30 AM »
Has anyone tried heating this thermopex underground  line to make it bend easier. Thought about a heat gun or pail of hot water.
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Re: bending ThemoPex easier
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 06:09:46 AM »
  It can be a real pain to work with, not that it's much help to you at this time a year, but I found laying it out in the sun on a warm day helped.
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Re: bending ThemoPex easier
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 12:31:54 PM »
Be careful if you use a heat gun.  It's really suck to melt a hole in the middle of a hundred foot run of hose.   :o
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Re: bending ThemoPex easier
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 07:09:01 AM »
havent installed any yet but it seems to me one of those torpedo heaters would work preaty well.  lots of heat and could do a large section of pipe at a time . just make sure you dont get to close, we use a culvert and this heater to heat up moulding and bend around circle top windows. :thumbup:
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