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 Your home has a water delivery system that is either a branch system or a home run system. Branch systems are typically a single hot and cold pipe that has branches that deliver hat and cold water to each fixture. The home rum system delivers hat and cold water through a manifold and each fixture has it’s own dedicated pipe from the manifold, no fittings between the two. The home run system is made of either Pex piping which developed in the last 15 years and is used mostly in log homes and modulars, but can be used in other applications, or a Pollybutelene pipe or “Quest” which has a distinctive gray color. There are three different types of installation of this Quest piping, the home run system that uses a “crimp ring over either a plastic or copper manifold to a barb fitting to the inside of the piping, or a branch system that has fittings or tee’s that are made of either copper barb or plastic barb that are attached with the copper crimp ring.
All three of these installations were banned in July of 1994, and subject to a class action suit levied against Dow and Shell oil. Neither accepted guilt for the products but funded $950 million toward repairs or replacement of the product. The class action suit was administered by CPRC, consumer plumbing recovery center in Plano Texas. The funds for the suit have run out, and defective piping is the responsibility of the homeowner.
Copper piping is the most widely used material, but has its “pit” falls as well. When coming in contact with another metal like ductwork or steel beams, there is reaction call electrolysis. This causes the weaker metal to weaken and eventually have pinhole leaks and a green patina around joints to form causing leaks. Unfortunately the leaks aren’t isolated to where the other metal touches, it travels like electricity, that’s why most electric wire is made of copper because of its conductivity. CPVC or “Flowgold” piping is installed In the same manor as copper, it is a plastic but unlike “Polly” or Quest piping, it is not vulnerable to the sanitizing agents added in potable water.
At James Vito, Inc. we replace all types of piping using either copper or CPVC piping. The cost of copper now makes CPVC an attractive alternative to the traditional copper installation. |
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