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Originally Posted by JEEPONLY
About six years ago we had our kitchen COMPLETELY redone- floor to ceiling.
The final installation was the new dishwasher.
I tend to not bother service people when they work- just let them know I'm available for any kind of help- lifting/moving things- coffee- snack/sandwich.
Anyway, the plumber doing the install called up from the basement to let me know he was just about done.
I looked outside as he was packing his gear back into his truck, and I see about a half dozen, six foot lengths of copper pipe. I'm, like, WHAT?
I didn't even know what PEX was, and hadn't discussed replacing any of my then current plumbing with it- but that's what he did.
The damage (?) was done so I saw no value in getting into an argument with the guy- However, I still think he ripped me off for the salvage price of the copper piping.
Live and learn.
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This is the reason many are going with PEX because the cost of copper and the ease of PEX installation.
I would think under normal circumstances PEX would be fine but if it's a vacation home and only used on weekends I prefer copper, esp if you close it down for winter.
A friend of mine told me about one of his neighbors that closes their place for the winter. When he turned the water on in the spring water was shooting out of the walls. Mice had chewed through the PEX over the winter.
If it wasn't for hearing that story I probably would have just let the plumber use the PEX.
A couple years ago during the rodent infestation I had mice chewing through things I never thought they would chew through over the winter months.