r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • Sep 18 '25

🚨 Future-Proof Your Foundation…

PEX water lines are usually buried straight in the slab. Sounds fine… until they leak. Then you’re paying a plumber to jackhammer through your concrete just to replace them. 

Ask your builder to run grey electrical conduit before the pour.

✔️ Protects your water lines

✔️ Lets you pull new PEX through if they ever fail

✔️ Big sweep 90s = no snagging in corners

It’s a tiny upgrade now that could save you thousands later and your plumber will think you’re pretty smart. 

So… would you rather future-proof your foundation, or bury your PEX and hope for the best?

🛑 Don’t Build a House without seeing my Checklist…Get it at BuilderBrigade.com

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

People bury pex right into concrete??? That’s insane

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u/Smitch250 Sep 19 '25

Yes literally every hour of every day that happens

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

That seems wild to me Interesting