In the process of a kitchen remodel thanks to a spontaneous pinhole leak in th wall behind the kitchen sink. Started out real quiet and slow, soaking the insulation - soaked three 16" sections of wall to the left and right of the leak. I had replaced most of it in the house after the last two similar leaks. The exterior wall, behind the cabinets was too much to get to before. Now with the cabinets destroyed, it's not such an issue. 🤪Thankfully insurance is kicking in some to help. They never give you the amount you need though!
got a surplus of the pipe and copper fittings and stuff still, great for ponds and water features. i did run a hose bib with it tho, but it's easy to access and i will be seeing it often lol
We have gray polybutylene tubing in a house. Goes from the water valve coming into the house in the basement. Up to the ceiling then across the ceiling to CPVC pipe. The CPVC pipe then feeds the hot water heater and the copper pipes serving the upstairs. Never had any problems with the gray polybutylene. I think some people just seem to attract problems.
Thank you so much for this. Finding any bit of information on this is a pain, and it is next to impossible to find any of the fittings or piping to replace of a few places charging like $20 for a fitting. I will probablly just look into replacing since this is the second time I've had a fitting break
I've had pb for 38 years, all connections are the compression type (no crimping) but I'm also on well water. No leaks ever. If a compression started to leak, it just a half turn more on the nut. But it's never happened. Hopfully never will.
I had a compression fitting leaking under my house. I tried tightening it but it made it worse. I ended up putting a SharkBite fitting on the polybutylene. I'll eventually replace everything with PEX.
In the process of a kitchen remodel thanks to a spontaneous pinhole leak in th wall behind the kitchen sink. Started out real quiet and slow, soaking the insulation - soaked three 16" sections of wall to the left and right of the leak. I had replaced most of it in the house after the last two similar leaks. The exterior wall, behind the cabinets was too much to get to before. Now with the cabinets destroyed, it's not such an issue. 🤪Thankfully insurance is kicking in some to help. They never give you the amount you need though!
got a surplus of the pipe and copper fittings and stuff still, great for ponds and water features. i did run a hose bib with it tho, but it's easy to access and i will be seeing it often lol
We have gray polybutylene tubing in a house. Goes from the water valve coming into the house in the basement. Up to the ceiling then across the ceiling to CPVC pipe. The CPVC pipe then feeds the hot water heater and the copper pipes serving the upstairs. Never had any problems with the gray polybutylene. I think some people just seem to attract problems.
It's not a secret that a lot of insurance companies have stopped offering coverage to homes with this stuff in them because of how bad it is.
Thank you so much for this. Finding any bit of information on this is a pain, and it is next to impossible to find any of the fittings or piping to replace of a few places charging like $20 for a fitting. I will probablly just look into replacing since this is the second time I've had a fitting break
If you have this gray tubing you should definitely look into replacing all of it
No copper Ts, it looks like grey like PolyB?
I've had pb for 38 years, all connections are the compression type (no crimping) but I'm also on well water. No leaks ever. If a compression started to leak, it just a half turn more on the nut. But it's never happened. Hopfully never will.
I had a compression fitting leaking under my house. I tried tightening it but it made it worse. I ended up putting a SharkBite fitting on the polybutylene. I'll eventually replace everything with PEX.