JohnfrWhipple
BATHROOM DESIGN & BUILD
I guess after years of building showers you fall into a rut sometimes. Sometimes I dislike products only because they are new to me and unfamiliar. This week I'm helping a women from Towson, MD with a triple bathroom build and we have focused on her guest bathroom build, first. A simple tub shower design....
I was reviewing some pictures of the work so far (she emailed me these photo's with permission to share them online) and noticed that the bathroom has it's copper water lines hooked into PVC Pipe. (White PVC). In all my years we have never done this. My first reaction is of course that it's wrong? But is it?
This type of plumbing is found all over the house and the demo pictures show the same. Is this allowed in MD? Is it allowed in Seattle? What about new York? I have only seen PVC piping used in jetted tubs. Custom Hot Tubs. Landscaping water lines. A waterfall in Vancouver. But never in a potable pressurized water supply line. Not once...
Is it safe to drink from?
Here are the shots of the work as it sits right now....
It would be great to hear from a plumber here on Terry's forum.
I was reviewing some pictures of the work so far (she emailed me these photo's with permission to share them online) and noticed that the bathroom has it's copper water lines hooked into PVC Pipe. (White PVC). In all my years we have never done this. My first reaction is of course that it's wrong? But is it?
This type of plumbing is found all over the house and the demo pictures show the same. Is this allowed in MD? Is it allowed in Seattle? What about new York? I have only seen PVC piping used in jetted tubs. Custom Hot Tubs. Landscaping water lines. A waterfall in Vancouver. But never in a potable pressurized water supply line. Not once...
Is it safe to drink from?
Here are the shots of the work as it sits right now....
It would be great to hear from a plumber here on Terry's forum.
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