Grayfeathers
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Question. Buying a new home, brand new. I noticed that the house is plumbed completly with plastic pipe. Not sure what brand or thickness. I've also noticed that in my area, Brimingham, that most new construction is going with this plastic pipe. My question is this. When I plumb a water heater in I always insulate the copper on the hot side, to keep the heat loss at a minimum. When I went to inspect the house the other day I noticed that the line coming out of the hot side was extreamly warm, too hot to keep your hand on it for any time. Should I be concerned with heat loss or am I just making someting out of nothing.