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Has anybody ever experienced having a house re-piped?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:32 pm
If you haven't, it sucks.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:41 pm to Sid E Walker
Sprung a leak in the slab in the line that took hot water to the other side of the house. They had to route new pipe through the attic.
Sucked, but better than the jackhammers.
Sucked, but better than the jackhammers.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:42 pm to Sid E Walker
Most of the PT board guys have...
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:45 pm to Sid E Walker
Why are you repiping your house? Or do you mean just changing one pipe? Seems like it wouldn't be that bad to change everything considering the new pex materials used today.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:26 pm to Sid E Walker
I did my whole house after a freeze once. The house was raised high enough to sit under there on a stool and I replaced 80 year-old galvanized with new copper. It really was not that hard.
Today I would use PEX and it would be even easier.
Today I would use PEX and it would be even easier.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:30 pm to Sid E Walker
I think someone re-piped your mom.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:37 pm to Twenty 49
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Sprung a leak in the slab in the line that took hot water to the other side of the house. They had to route new pipe through the attic.
Sucked, but better than the jackhammers.
This is exactly what happened to me. fricking Chinese or Korean (not racist) copper pipes in the slab said "frick you, Sid!" after 20+ years.
It's inconvenient as hell but not as expensive to get done as I thought it'd be.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:43 pm to Sid E Walker
Is it being replaced with a pex system?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:44 pm to Sid E Walker
My arse still hurts
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:55 pm to Sid E Walker
My Uncle moved to Birmingham and his pipes busted twice because of the unusually cold weather they had down there a year or two ago. Their entire basement was flooded with water.
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 5:18 pm to Coon
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Is it being replaced with a pex system?
Nah, PVC. Codes folks call the shots around here.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 6:01 pm to VABuckeye
Posted on 12/9/16 at 6:18 pm to Sid E Walker
Actually most of the imported copper we've seen in the US is from Chili or Mexico but a lot of copper used is still US copper. Right now it's running about $2.50 or so a pound.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 6:24 pm to Sid E Walker
hope they didn't use pvc for the hot water, that needs to be cpvc.
Pex is great because it expands and contracts. it doesn't break when it freezes.
We did some remodeling and most of it was re-done in copper, but the new bathtubs were pex, man it's so much easier to run flex pipe through joists, that doing a few feet of copper at a time and soldering.
I enjoy soldering, doing 1/2 and 3/4 pipe is so easy when I commonly do 1/16 and 3/8 all the time
Pex is great because it expands and contracts. it doesn't break when it freezes.
We did some remodeling and most of it was re-done in copper, but the new bathtubs were pex, man it's so much easier to run flex pipe through joists, that doing a few feet of copper at a time and soldering.
I enjoy soldering, doing 1/2 and 3/4 pipe is so easy when I commonly do 1/16 and 3/8 all the time
Posted on 12/9/16 at 6:26 pm to Martini
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't copper, copper. It' s not like gypsum where it can be made shoddily. Isn't most copper used in plumbing 100% copper, and if copper is an element, shouldn't it be the same?
The only time I saw really corroded copper was in a buddies house that had copper sewage lines. All I could think was back in the late 50's someone screwed the original owner over hard.
The only time I saw really corroded copper was in a buddies house that had copper sewage lines. All I could think was back in the late 50's someone screwed the original owner over hard.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 6:56 pm to Napoleon
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hope they didn't use pvc for the hot water, that needs to be cpvc.
That's what they're using.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't copper, copper. It' s not like gypsum where it can be made shoddily. Isn't most copper used in plumbing 100% copper, and if copper is an element, shouldn't it be the same?
You would think. Apparently there was a building boom in this area in the mid-80's, plumber said bad foreign copper was brought in to satisfy demand. Plumber said that they are swamped doing this type of work and the houses are usually 25-30 years old.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:08 pm to Napoleon
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Isn't most copper used in plumbing 100% copper,
There's the rub. It can have other crap mixed in the copper. I re did my 1929 house about 10 years ago. Luckily its pier & beam....but its pretty tight under there. There are trenches dug to crawl around but luckily I'm skinny.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:11 pm to NikeShox
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My arse still hurts
Must have used BBC instead of PVC, your mistake.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:51 pm to Sid E Walker
No but I spent most of the morning under the house working on our stopped up sewer line. It had come apart and a rabbit had crawled up in it and gotten stuck. I had to get the dead Rabbit out , unstop it and put it back together. A nightmare.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 8:23 pm to Sid E Walker
Yes and once was more than enough
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