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Polybutylene Piping.
Polybutylene piping became popular when a large oil company,
which will remain nameless, developed the product into
a material used for transporting potable water, among
other liquids. It was inexpensive to produce, could be
made in large quantity, and was readily available. In
fact, it is still in use today for many applications in
the residential, commercial, and industrial world. It
found its fault, however, in its use as residential water
piping.
There are two main types of polybutylene: gray and blue.
Gray poly was used inside homes to build the potable water
systems transporting water to faucets, tubs, showers,
toilets, and every other place in the house. It was run
through walls, in attics, between floors, and even under
concrete slabs. Blue poly was used a main water service
lines, carrying water from the water meter to your home,
running underground. Both products seemed to be the latest
and greatest developments in the industry. Several years
later however, the polybutylene waterlines began breaking,
splitting, and pitting (the formation of tiny pinholes).
This happened often with temperature or pressure changes,
but sometimes happened with no rhyme or reason. Or so
it seemed.
Many theories exist as to why the product failed with
MASSIVE recalls and insurance claims. The most common
is that during the formulation process for the piping,
a chemical was left out of the plastic mixture, thus weakening
it against prolonged exposure to chlorine. Although you
may not taste it, there is fairly significant amount of
harmless chlorine in drinking water. This is done to treat
the water against harmful contaminants or chemicals. It
also removes most impurities, and is present in all drinking
water. Polybutylene, however, after many years, began
to lose its tolerance for the chemical and began degrading
and eventually breaking. It broke outside underground
(blue), and broke inside in walls, under cabinets, under
the slab (gray), usually at joints or connections. The
developing company was forced to pay for hundreds of thousands
of homes to be completely re-piped, losing billions to
a class-action lawsuit. We, as one of Atlanta's premier
plumbers specializing in the re-piping of homes, have
performed thousands of these repairs ourselves. Although
the lawsuit is officially over, many homes still exist
with the poly piping, and are just now beginning to experience
problems. If you have this product in your home, don't
wait for disaster. Call us now and set up an appointment
for a free estimate for the replacement of this faulty
product. The product WILL fail. It is not a question of
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