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Originally Posted by masraum
Yep. I always fill with a few bags of sand before the normal soil goes back in the hole.
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If you encase the pipe above, below and each side a couple of inches with the sand the native soil flexing due to moisture intrusion and drying will be cushioned and not be so likely to displace joints...
Pex is junk IMO... My sister in a 7-year-old new home has joined a class action suit against the developer and PEX over failed inwall water lines. Fortunately for her there has been no failures in her home, but a bunch of neighbors have had failed joints and flooded homes.