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Default Recall on PEX water pipes?

Oren wrote:

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com...-plumbing.html

I'm not familiar with anything recent. Never heard of a problem with
the PEX pipe.

My system is 13 years old -- no problems knock on wood..


You'd better join that class action.

Unless there are several fundamentally different non-copper / non-steel
water piping systems, it seems that all plastic/aluminum piping systems
are made by the same manufacturer, and PEX, IPEX, and KITEC all use the
same underlying technology and defective compression fittings.

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In summary, defective fittings were installed for many years throughout
the American southwest, leading to class-action lawsuits. The fittings
can be identified in several ways but only a qualified plumber can say
with certainty if they are Kitec
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Unless -

Does anyone know if Pex / IPex connectors are *different* than Kitec?