Installing Heat Tape with Jack Schwent

[@andrewcarver9727]

Great video man! From one Yes head to another, I look forward to the next one! PEMA!

[@yesmaintenance9162]

Thanks Andrew!

[@ab-qh6ip]

electrical tape on the pex? you might want to check with the pex manufacturer about that, something about the adhesive leaching into the pex.

[@BarnabyWild13]

I use foil tape lengthwise and run the heat tape in a straight line along the underside of the pipe.

[@christiancowboy352]

How do you do the T sections that go off the main lines. The areas that go into each sink, faucet, etc...I have some 4" areas that T up, then I have a 1 foot spot that both lines T up. How do I heat tape these spots, since the heat tape isn't supposed to touch itself?

[@JSpence89]

Heat tape is only installed on the main line running from the crock to the belly of the home where it goes into the water heater

[@stevetice5675]

Is it more important to put heat tape on the hot or cold line?

[@BarnabyWild13]

If the water is not running it doesn’t.

[@alb8158]

Both if the building is used infrequently only cold for 90% of applications and typically only exterior walls where I'm at