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    Feb 14, 2012, 11:56 AM
    Pex water lines
    Any license plumber in California knows if pex water lines are required to be insulated in California homes when the old galvanized ones are replaced?
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    Feb 14, 2012, 05:25 PM
    No plumbing code requires pex lines to be insulated that I know of.
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