How Do You Spot Defective Polybutylene Pipes?
Drop into you home’s crawlspace, or go to your basement and inspect the pipes that are running into your home. You may find that Polybutylene pipes feed much of the household’s sinks and toilets. Due to their failure rate, you should know how to spot defective Polybutylene pipes. Spot the pipe. The chances are, if your home was built in the last 27 years, you may have Polybutylene pipes snaking around somewhere. To spot defective Polybutylene pipes, you want to first look for a pipe, which is gray, white or a mixture of the two. However, water main pipes made of the poly, typically come in blue, but may also be the standard gray – or even white. Generally, the pipe is ½” to 1″ in diameter, which should assist you in spotting it if the colors are too varied. Check the area where the pipe exits the wall, paying particular attention to the stub that connects the piping running from the wall to the fixture; many times, homes will be outfitted with copper at this point. However, this does n
