Thanks to those who gave positive and helpful responses. Sadly, no thanks to
those who tried to start a flame war. As a new comer to this newsgroup I was
disappointed to see that such happenings, which often kill off newsgroups,
are prevalent here.
Anyway back to the topic...
I still don't really understand the pros and cons of plastic over copper
piping.
For example:
How do you join it and is it easier to join and repair than copper and are
the joints more trust worthy over time or not?
I guess an advantage would be that it might absorb acoustic noise better
than cooper but what are the negatives.
The deterioration of copper over time is well known but what about plastic
carrying hot water over, say, 20 years. Better or worse or as I suspect not
proven.
This is the sort of factual information I was hoping to get and would be
grateful to receive good advise on .
Thanks again
Dave




"David" wrote in message
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New to this forum so hope this is not OT.
I visited the site of a new house I am interested in buying which hasn't
been completed and was really surprised to see that there seemed to be
"plastic" hoses for the water supply in the garage area where I would have
suspected to see copper piping. I couldn't see what was used in the rest
of
the house but is this really what builders are using these days??
This was not some cheap cheap place but what was described as a 5 bed, 3
bath exec home.
Anyone care to say if this is usual nowadays?
I'm surpassed its even legal.
Thanks
Dave