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frozen/burst pipes
Hi,
The little old lady who lives next door asked for help as water was leaking through her ceiling. The pipe to her header tank had frozen. I realise prevention is better than cure, and a lack of pipe lagging was partly to blame but in this weather I think a lot of people have had bursts. This made me wonder, is one pipe type better than any other in resisting/delaying bursts? Would a plastic pipe have a little more elasticity than copper? I realise it would only delay the inevitable but would PEX or polybutylene be better or MDPE or something else? TIA |
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