Factors to Consider Before Upsizing Pipe

When swapping out copper pipe for PEX, upsizing is oftentimes automatic for contractors. But it isn’t always necessary.

Factors to Consider Before Upsizing Pipe

Troy Locke

Contractors sometimes overdesign or overbuild things just to make sure there won’t be any problems with performance. That approach is not necessarily bad — and is certainly better than doing the opposite — but sometimes it’s unnecessary and can waste money.

For example, take...

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