Pex Tubing Uncoiler DIY Cheap Easy To Make No Kinks
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- How to make a homemade Pex pipe tubing uncoiler decoiler cheap and easy DIY. You don’t have to buy Malco or Wirsbo Pex uncoiler, make your own. No more kinks in your Pex tubing. This is the difference of being able to do Pex by yourself or not. It turns a 2 man job into a 1 man job.
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Great video. Thanks so much for posting it. I just made one and it took less than an hour. A few comments that might help others looking to do the same...
This is stupid simple to make. If you're doing your own plumbing with PEX, this is well within your skill level. Saying this is too complicated would be like a chef claiming that making a PB&J is too complicated.
The 2x4 base layout in this video might be a bit of overkill. I took a different approach and used four 24-inch 2x3's (that's what I had laying around) and made a base shaped like so:
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For the center, I used a 5 gallon pail from a big box store. Get the matching lid and screw a piece of wood to it. I used a 32 inch long 1x2. Put the PEX around the bucket/stand and then put the modified lid on the bucket to keep the PEX in place.
I also used a 2'x4' piece of plywood for the deck as that's all I had at the time. Same approach, but I ended up with a 40" diameter circular-ish base with the edges missing if that makes any sense. Kind of like if you had a circle and cut two opposing sides off of it. The PEX still behaves, I didn't have to cut up a full sheet of plywood, and it is even a little more compact when it comes time to store it away in the crawl space.
Mad props to Smart Easy DIY. Some scrap wood, less than $20 (lazy susan, bucket & lid) in less that 60 minutes. Beats the heck out of spending a few hundred on a good uncoiler.
Hey Kyle thanks for sharing your tips and how You did it! I thought someone would have some ways to do their own version that was probably simpler. Nice job!! 👍👊😊. I also pinned your comment to help others with ideas.
holy crap! totally making one of these. these things sell for $400-1100!! thank you so much!
You’re welcome. You could maybe make one that’s even simpler but yes, they are very expensive to buy.
Use some scrap 2x material and build a “tower” for the PEX. It doesn’t need to be round, it just had to fit the inside of the coil. No wasted trash cans or buckets and you get rid of scraps in the process.
Yeah if that works for you go for it!
Did this worked like a charm great idea thanks I used a sono tube for the middle worked great
Awesome I’m glad it worked and great job on improvising on the middle part!
Thanks for your video it helped me a lot, I made one, it's not the same but it works the same and it cost me nothing. Many thanks.
Hey that’s awesome! As long as it does the job that’s what counts. Nice job! 👊
I put a roll that is still bound together on top to help keep the roll I’m laying down all together for as long as possible .
Good idea. Do what you gotta do! 😊
Good job I was just about to buy one ,,, This is unbelievable how easy to do this with 0 $ that any one can do ,, but not everyone can think about this great idea 10 stars for you 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Thank you! I hope it goes well with making one.
Great idea and great video. I might add rollers to mine because generally they recommend you fix one end at the manifold and then work your way around until you bring the other end back to the manifold. I think rollers might help. But thanks for putting this great video together!
Thanks! If you do that let me know how it goes.
This is a great idea and a wonderful how-to video. Thanks much!
Awesome! Thanks
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Very cool, I'm thinking you could have notched 2 - 2x4s and made a + for the base. Also, I wonder if you could drill a couple holes on a 5 gallon bucket and insert a keeper rod through the diameter.
Thanks. Yeah I’m thinking there’d be other ways to do it if you think a little. Like you are doing. 😁
Drill 2 hole in your 5 gallon pail 180 degrees apart and insert a piece of dowel through it this will prevent the pex from coming over the top
Yes that’s a great idea!!
I could use something like this. I'm running 3/4" O2 PEX in tight quarters. Have to get very creative
Haha I hear ya. Cool. Best of luck with your project! 👍👊
I think a 5 gallon bucket and a lid screwed to another piece of plywood would work well
Yes it would. You can make a simpler version when it comes to the center for sure. I did another this past summer where the base was the same but for the center part I just did two upright two by fours then I set the bundle on it and screwed a 2 x 4 on top that was longer to keep it in place, for changing out 1000 foot rolls. It was easy enough. I’ll be doing a video about pex in my garage where I show that in the video too coming out in a couple weeks.
Good Idea
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Cheap & simple.
Yes 😊👊
I can do that🇺🇸
Awesome. It works really well!
Another one of those ingenious ideas. I appreciate it.. So do many but I'm not one that believes in PEX longevity over many years. Concrete shifts so will the PEX but with undesirable effects. In a float-able surface OK but with serviceable access. Heads up, with CZcams's roll-outs, I'm not getting yours or anyone's Re's or comments on my comments. I have to go back to the video to see if someone has left an additional note. Gotta love CZcams/Google but I wish they would test market; get it right then roll it out to all. It is what it is isn't it.. :) ..
+Curiosity Thanks for the comment I appreciate it. I’ve personally had very good luck with Pex in concrete. Only time will tell I suppose though. I’ll keep an eye out on the updates. Thanks
I guess it is this idea, Plastics in general do not hold their characteristics over time. They have a lifetime which is less then 25 years. It's going to fail. Copper Red is rated at about 200 years where Copper Blue 300 years. If I was going to do it; PEX would not be part of the solution. Plastic is an insulator where Copper is not. Seems you deal with customers that have a higher budget.. Something to talk to them about..
+Curiosity Yeah it probably mostly comes down to cost for most people. Thanks for the input.
I talked to a guy that has been installing radiant heat for many many years and he said they used to use copper in floors way back but they only lasted 10 years in the concrete because of the corrosion.
Curiosity I have seen the heating elements installed below the concrete slab! First place a vapor barrier on the ground, then place insulation on level gravel surface, then place heating pipe on the insulation using your preferred method, then place 2 inches of flowable concrete, ( mix of mostly sand and water). Once the the flowable concrete is set up, then the rebar and other reinforcement can be set and the concrete poured. Any shifting of concrete or working on the concrete later will not damage the heating pipes.
Ridiculously complicated for what it needs to do. Better to buy one for $100
Why is it so complicated? I thought it was easy really. Beside the lazy Susan hardware (which is cheap) I made it out of scraps I had so I didn’t have to spend $100. If you do it all the time professionally I could see spending the money for a good one. But not for one time use. You could use something different for legs or the center part. It was just to show what I did to maybe get someone’s ideas turning and maybe come up with something similar or better. If you have a simpler Idea please share with us.
What's complicated about 2x4s, a roller bearing, and a bucket?
I don't think it's complicated but to each is own. There are some things I would simply buy but an uncoiler is ridiculously expensive. Perhaps you have not priced a 'good' one but try in the $350 to $500 range, not $100. The lazy susan from HD cost me less than $5 this morning and all the wood to construct this type of uncoiler I have lying around. My complete cost (minus my time of course) will be less than $10.
@@SmartEasyDIYer it was easy. I would suspect in most cases people have been building something anyway. Thus, the availability of scraps. And using scraps instead of a barrel or a trash can would make it even cheaper. The 2 things I would add;
1.) Dry fit or layout the bottom frame first with the susan. I had to adjust the center measurements to 8 inches to be sure I was hitting the center of the 2 bys.
2.) make sure your platform is relatively flat. I found some 3/4 plywood and didn’t realize it was warped. After slapping on the 1000 foot roll of pex, Susie wasn’t spinning nuttin’!
A quick Sawsall trim and that took care of that!
Cool thanks for the tips Roger nice job!!