Just for fun...

[DaveMatthews]

All the water pipes underground and in houses are plastic now.

We've gone back to copper in houses

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

All the water pipes underground and in houses are plastic now.

We repiped our house last month with L-class copper to replace the thinner-walled M-class copper used when the house was built ca. 1987. We were offered PEX (plastic) at 25% lower total job cost but declined.

PEX comes in 2 flavors, A and B. The bidder pushing PEX-A said in a dire tone, whatever you do, don't use PEX-B!! You'll never guess what the bidder pushing PEX-B said.

 

[stompandgo]

"Whatever you do, don't use PEX-A."

PEX is fine for simple stuff like adding an outdoor hose bib.

 

[Chargeride]

One day a mutant bacteria will evolve to eat plastic and we will just be completely ducked.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

One day a mutant bacteria will evolve to eat plastic and we will just be completely ducked.

Rodents already eat PEX. That's one of the reasons we went with copper.

 

[Chargeride]

Yes and the way they do it is they munch, get sprayed and run off, then you are left with a fine mist that slowly soaks everything without dripping, the first you know is the ceiling sags and the entire area has turned to mulch.

I installed copper in my friends house rebuild, its a massive job though.

Tip..never do anything for a friend.

 

[DaveMatthews]