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Originally Posted by Homebrew
Pex pipes are not the problem, it’s the cheap plastic fitting and devices that fail when frozen for a few days.
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Correct!
Unless you are positive there are no elbows or other connections that could hold water there 'could' be issues.
PEX expansion is forgiving during the freeze/thaw process. Rigid plastic connections, not so much.
This is also the reason we see P-traps break. Many believe they can safely freeze because they are open ended on both sides allowing the water to push up as it freezes. Unfortunately in the real world, as the P-trap freezes, it begins to freeze around the outer part of the pipe first, leaving the core liquid to freeze last. Once it gets cold enough for the core liquid to freeze, it expands and pushes outward on the already frozen outer water and busts the pipe. X-ray testing in freezing conditions has proven this many times over.
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