On Feb 8, 2:46*pm, Zootal wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote :

On Feb 8, 2:22*pm, Zootal wrote:
Was the pipe in an outside wall and did it break due to freezing
temps? If so, copper can also break when water freezes in them.

It was in an inside wall. It broke because a book fell off of the
back of the toilet and hit the pipe where it came through the wall.

I certainly would not go thorugh the process of replacing a bunch of
cpvc because a piece was damaged from impact. *Sounds like you have
too much time on your hands. *How about coming over to my house and
I'll give you some better chores. haha, nothin personal :-)

I have to take the wall apart anyhow. If I'm going to all that trouble, I
might as well repalce the plastic while I'm in there.

What I'm mostly curious about is how often plastic actually breaks? I
personally think using plastic in places where it comes through the wall
for a shower head or valve is not a good idea - those are subject to stress
and in my uneducated opinion, they should be copper. Nice and strong metal.

And it's the plastic running through the basement that I'm most concerned
about. I'd hate to hit one with a 2x4 by accident and have it break. My
wood working area has pipes running along the ceiling directly above.

Got it in my house. Never had any of it break. Shower hook up is
metal, cpvc runs up to it. Did it really break that far back into the
wall? I'd make sure I couldn't just enlarge the opening a little and
glue an new section on.