Can PEX be snaked???

[Maemer]

Live in an Old house...have Old galvanized pipes..so that's probably the reason I have low water pressure...since the pipes are so full of gunk!!!
Is it possible to snake/fish PEX??? Say you hook it to the pipe in shower and go under the house and pull the pipe down...I just hate to tear up plaster walls

 

[WorthFlorida]

First do you have basement or a crawl space? What pipe are you talking about to "pull the pipe down"? An existing galvanize pipe? How would you attach the pex to this pipe? If you have a crawl space that is maybe 2 feet high, you would need to cut the pipe every foot or so as you pull it down.

 

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[hj]

You MIGHT be able to do it, EXCEPT the connection between the PEX and galvanized would be too large to fit through the holes drilled in the floor and walls.