My well water is slightly acid (ph-wise). In 2005 I replaced all the existing 1960s-vintage copper plumbing with PEX. The old rigid copper pipes were quite thin by then and the flex tubing would leak if you flexed it. The plumber used a short section of corrugated copper flex to connect the water heater to the PEX. In about six years the hot-side corrugated flex started leaking a high pressure spray (it was like a steam bath in the room). I replaced it with a piece of temp-rated reinforced plastic. The bottom line: plastic may not be forever but, with my water, it will outlast copper.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Hattaway > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 12:45 PM > > Thinking of Randy's concern about plastic in the house, and remembering > when the class action lawsuit forced a vendor to replumb my lake house... > the one Dan remembers... > > > Plastic is not forever... > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
