PEX Plastic Plumbing Or Copper??
Does anyone have experience with using plastic plumbing? I considering purchasing a house that needs new plumbing ran and thought this would be easier than running copper.
Although I agree with hiring out work for quickness, I have wired an entire house in minimal time so I'm thinking that plumbing should be easy too.
I'll have a plumber on staff, I would just complete the easy work for them.
Most of the newer construction in NC are using PEX
PEX is great for rehabs. It's flexible of course so its very easy to run wherever you want to go. It also cuts down on measuring, and joints. The one drawback is that you can't make joints that are hidden inside of walls. I think this is a holdover from the days of leaking PB pipes that weren't joined correctly. The joints are also more expensive that other piping but the reduction in number, and the labor savings are well worth it to me.
Joints as in connecting two ends of the tubes together?
I an a novice here but my understanding was that each water line should be one continous length.
Thanks
You are going to have many,many joints involved no matter what way you go. You will have a main line coming in that will be one piece. After the main line gets in the house it is going to start branching to the water heater, faucets, toilets,etc. Every branch is going to involve some type of fitting. Even simply going around a sharp corner is going to involve a 90 degree elbow. You will have to check your local codes and run the math to determine whether you want to do pvc,cpvc, pex, or pe if you go plastic. PEX is my personal favorite.