February 28, 2022
Description
I installed some 3/4" PEX-a tubing for a new basement bathroom and wet bar. I wanted an easy way to identify the hot and cold water lines while using white Pex and keep the tubes nice and parallel. Yeah, I could have just written "Hot" and "Cold" on the tubes and used hangers from the big box store, but where's the fun in that?
Two clamp designs included. One has a more open clamp design for use when printed with rigid filaments like PLA that don't flex as much to snap over the pipe. The more closed clamp design can be used slightly more flexible filaments like PETG. For each of the clamp designs, one has "H" and "C" to identify Hot and Cold and the other does not. Both designs isolate the PEX tubing from framing and include nubs (technical term) to help keep the pipes silent as they expand and contract.
Use a #9 construction or sheetrock screw to fasten it to a stud or floor joist as I have done in my pics.
Printer Brand:
Creality
Printer:
Ender 3 Pro
Rafts:
Doesn't Matter
Supports:
No
Resolution:
0.16
Infill:
30% adaptive cubic
Filament: Duramic PETG Silver
Notes:
Print the open clamp design with pretty much any filament, PLA, PETG, etc.
The more closed clamp design will need to be printed with a more flexible filament unless you thread the pipe through it before making your connections. The PETG I used is flexible enough that the clamp 'jaws' can spread out and slip over the pipe.Snap the clamp over the pipe and use a screw to secure it to framing materials.
Designed in Fusion360. Included is the .step file if you want to modify it.
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike
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