Hello,
I just bought a house (new construction) in NC, and I noticed that the pipes are red/blue running out of the HWH. Now, my last house was in florida and built in the 1950s, so I got the pleasure of repiping the entire place with CPVC afrer the galvanized pipes had deteriorated beyond repair. But last week was the first time that I ever saw red/blue pipes, so I started looking around the internet. Since this house was just built within the last few months, is there a chance it was plumbed with the ill-fated polybutylene stuff?
Has that stuff been improved for reliability over the years, or replaced by a better alternative material? I hope that my house isn't filled with the same crap that spawned a million lawsuits 10 years ago.
Advice please...
I just bought a house (new construction) in NC, and I noticed that the pipes are red/blue running out of the HWH. Now, my last house was in florida and built in the 1950s, so I got the pleasure of repiping the entire place with CPVC afrer the galvanized pipes had deteriorated beyond repair. But last week was the first time that I ever saw red/blue pipes, so I started looking around the internet. Since this house was just built within the last few months, is there a chance it was plumbed with the ill-fated polybutylene stuff?
Has that stuff been improved for reliability over the years, or replaced by a better alternative material? I hope that my house isn't filled with the same crap that spawned a million lawsuits 10 years ago.
Advice please...