On Dec 27, 1:11*pm, Tomas wrote:
On Dec 27, 9:09*am, Tomas wrote:





On Dec 26, 3:37*pm, JIMMIE wrote:

On Dec 26, 1:44*pm, Tomas wrote:

I have shutoff valves that are now heavily corroded and do not fully
shut-off. My home was built in '92. While researching how to remove
the "crimped" on valves, I found several older posts about
polybutylene (Quest) and how it's no longer used and in many cases not
up to code (for interior use).

I'm hesitant now to mess with these valves. It's seems the time period
has expired for the class action lawsuit. Is there any recent
information on this? From what I've read, it's not a matter of if
there will be a problem, but when.

The poly plumbing isnt really a problem if it was built in the '90s.
Installation problems abounded though as it was easy to kink and
stress on Ts and elbows will cause them to leak eventually. Poly will
work with Sharkbite connectors and these will allow easy connections
to be made to Copper, CPVC and PEX. Sharkbite also has connectors that
will adapt it to threaded pipe. I have polybutylene plumbing and
recently remodeled a 22 year old bathroom. Although I replaced all the
poly while I had access to it inspection of the poly showed it to be
good aa new. Yes Im on city water with chlorine, lots of chlorine.

Poly does have a bad reputation even though it is still used in just
about every other country except the USA. This may be an issue if you
are trying to sell ..

Jimmie

Jimmie, do you connect the "sharkbite" connector directly to the PB or
do you insert a copper tube into the PB and then connect to that?

I see that you can do either. I also found some BrassCraft PushConnect
valves. They appear to work on the same principle as the Sharkbite but
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Sharkbite has those too but big box stores may not carry them. I think
Watts makes a plastic version, never tried them.

Jimmie