logstor into house

[rick2752]

I am planning out my owb run into my house. I already had a wall framed up where it is going to enter. Can I make an elbow within 5 or 6 inches once inside the basement wall or would I be better to bring the pipe up to the surface and into schedule 40 to make the elbow go into the the house at the height of the floor joists.

 

[trialanderror]

feet...not inches...

it's miserable stuff to work with.

one of my zones was a house with no basement, i dug deep near the wall, and arched up, coming out of the ground straight up, then switched to copper and elbowed into the wall....

it bends a bit easier once the insulation and sleeve is cut off, but then you'll take a chance of kinking and collapsing the pex

 

[rick2752]

I kinda figured the logstor itself wouldnt make the turn but was wondering if I could cut back the sheething and insulation and put elbows on the pex within 5 inches. If not I was considering bringing it up to the surface, outside the house and going into schedule 40 filled with foam to enter the house at floor joist level.

 

[trialanderror]

that's what i did. pex comes stiaight up out of the ground, then my compression fittings are 1" male thread, so i bought some female threaded sweats, 90'd, then into the wall...

doesn't have to be sch 40. i used some old 3" waste drain pipe
just don't put the romex in with it. the underground 12/2 i had was rated for 167F max...