the heating n cooling of the pex leaches chemicals into the water you bathe shower in hot water therefore you get dosed.i've been plumbing for 15 years plastic is dangerous.your house catches fire your pipe is pex nough said
I don't know about a lawsuit for perhaps the connection method, but my dad is a plumber and he uses a PEX expander tool and appropriate fittings (different from the method in this video). He's never had a problem with them.
I live in the south and have repiped and repaired many poly-butaline(probably not spelled correct)pipes. And you are right there was a class action lawsuit.(never heard of any actual homeowners getting any money though) The pipe is grey in color and the biggest problem was the fittings not the actual pipe. Pipe installed with copper fittings seemed fine but most of the major issues I found was the plastic fittings used(cracking).Pex makes a pex to poly transition fitting!
you are thinking of PB or polybutaline. the pipe was actually fine, they still use it everywhere else in the world (you know places that don't sue you for everything) it was the fittings. I'm not going to name names but you can do a search one major oil company ended up paying a lot of money to a lot of people.
the heating n cooling of the pex leaches chemicals into the water you bathe shower in hot water therefore you get dosed.i've been plumbing for 15 years plastic is dangerous.your house catches fire your pipe is pex nough said
wolfgar50 1 year ago
I FINISH HOUSES IN LESS TIME WITH PEX . WAY FASTER THEN COPPER OR CPVC...I LOVE THIS STUFF!
chaotic719playa 1 year ago
Google zurn pex.
pbr2424 2 years ago
I would use it only on floor heating .
THOSE pipes bursts on high pressure especially on hot water.
SlickManChoux 4 years ago
what ur dad has is mostlikely the wirsbo tool it streaches the pipe if that it that the same kind of pex we use
jjmcb158803 4 years ago
This reminds me of the old poly-propeline that was out back in the 80s....
I have heard that their already is a class action law suit on this product??
Is this true??
masterplumbermark 4 years ago
dont use the plastic fittings but the colored pex is good with the clamps...its easy
Koogz406 4 years ago
I don't know about a lawsuit for perhaps the connection method, but my dad is a plumber and he uses a PEX expander tool and appropriate fittings (different from the method in this video). He's never had a problem with them.
PolyrhythmIndustries 4 years ago
I live in the south and have repiped and repaired many poly-butaline(probably not spelled correct)pipes. And you are right there was a class action lawsuit.(never heard of any actual homeowners getting any money though) The pipe is grey in color and the biggest problem was the fittings not the actual pipe. Pipe installed with copper fittings seemed fine but most of the major issues I found was the plastic fittings used(cracking).Pex makes a pex to poly transition fitting!
jrod04buc 3 years ago
you are thinking of PB or polybutaline. the pipe was actually fine, they still use it everywhere else in the world (you know places that don't sue you for everything) it was the fittings. I'm not going to name names but you can do a search one major oil company ended up paying a lot of money to a lot of people.
DiscoE3 3 years ago