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Repiping older home


Posted by Ed Mac Donald on June 13th, 2003 11:30 AM
In reply to painter & plumber questions by carl on February 24th, 2002 07:38 AM [Go to top of thread]

I called a plumber to repair what I thought were three small water leaks under the house (crawl space). The house is about 65 years old. He found several more but also that the piping was a complete mess, copper pipe joined with galvanized etc, He recommended a complete repiping job up to the fixtures. That would have required making holes in bathroom tile that couldn't be replaced so I decided only to repipe up to the risers. The question is to use copper pipe or CPVC. The risers are galvanized. The additional cost for the copper is $800.00. Is the extra cost for installing copper worth it?

Thanks

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