Plastic Water Pipes In House

Most homes since mid 1970 have plastic pipes and fittings because it s inexpensive and easy to use.

Plastic water pipes in house. Do i need special tools. A plummer used bleach in the well and ran 200 gallons through house. This black pipe was the first plastic pipe to be used in residential plumbing. Pex is a pipe that is rigid enough to withstand the pressures of water supply but flexible enough to weave throughout walls ceilings basements and crawlspaces.

Choosing the right tubing material depends on its chemical compatibility temperature rating and pressure of the fluid from your application. Pex pipes often replace copper for hot and cold water pipes in residential retrofits. Pex or cross linked polyethylene pipe is one of the newest and most popular pipes to hit the plumbing market. Pex stands for cross linked polyethylene pvc stands for polyvinyl chloride and lldpe stands for linear low density polyethylene.

Included is the actual beginning of the piping along with a number of tips to make yo. We recently purchased a used home. What are polybutylene pipes. Polybutylene or pb 1 is a type of plastic resin that was used extensively in the late 1970s to mid 1990s to make water supply pipes.

There are several pex supply connection methods but only two affordable enough to be practical for diyers. Before we purchase the home the water tested positive for bacteria. Types of plastic water pipes are classified by their material. Cross linked polyethylene pex a type of flexible plastic is currently replacing traditional copper and galvanized steel as water supply lines in both new construction and remodeling projects.

John woodard our master water specialist discusses. The water pipes through out are plastic. Lightweight flexible pipes for water pipes easily maneuver around obstructions without elbow fittings. In new construction it was replaced by copper or more dependable forms of plastic pipe such as cpvc and pex.

Considered by some to be the greatest innovation for diy plumbers. Crimp rings and cinch clamps. Summing it all up. They retested the water from a different sink and determined it was free of bacteria.

This is the second part of a video on installing pex pipe in your home. Buying a house with polybutylene pipes. Available in 10 foot lengths or coils of 100 feet up to 500 feet with diameters of inch. How to identify polybutylene pipes.

Pex is used only to supply water. When plumbing with pex you can use stab in or compression fittings to make the connections but they re too expensive to be practical on large projects connections for most pex supply jobs require a special tool.