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Strategies & Market Trends : Commodities - The Coming Bull Market

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To: Stephen O who wrote (1244)	4/16/2002 4:47:47 PM
From: Robert Douglas	Read Replies (2) of 1643

I had a plumber come and install a new gas hot water heater for me recently and we discussed plastic and copper plumbing as he was working away. He was adamant that he would never install plastic at his home. If it is less costly, for him the risk of leaks would be much more. He said he'd been into too many places where plastic had had problems and the damage was awful. Sounds like a plumber who hasn't kept up to speed on the technology of the industry. The problems were with polybutyl pipes, not PEX. PEX has been used for decades with few problems in radiant heating applications. Most in the industry that I have spoken with think the odds of leaks are greater in copper tubes, especially the joints. The advantages of having home-run piping from a central manifold are too great to give up. I'm afraid the years to come will see less and less copper tubing going into new construction. And by the way, in most cases this isn't a price-driven solution. It's going into million dollar homes and is equivalent in price. The reason it's growing is because it's better.

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