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Originally Posted by stevehull
I think you are thinking of polybutylene plumbing (history of water leaks at connections). To my knowledge, PEX has not had any large scale history of leaks that I am aware of.
Polybutylene was the rage for a while (1980's - mid 1990s), but a large recall and large class action claim (~ 1998) made it a tough sell.
PEX is clearly the way to go today. One manifold and all home runs from appliances back to manifold home.
Yet some regions still do not allow it. Boston for example, mandates copper plumbing and black iron sewer pipe. No PEX or PVC anywhere. Strong plumbing union . . .
Steve
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If some moron came down here and tried to tell me that i (Had) to use copper instead of what i wanted for my plumbing . He would leave with some copper or my size 13 steel toed boots kicked up his rump. Copper leaves a metalic taste to me. Pex is great stuff. I put some pex over at a buddies house . Easy to run. Been there for 5 years . Yet to have a leak.