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["Jim Ray" <jim AT neuse.net>]

When we first bought our house, we had a T in our galvanized threaded
plumbing that leaked.  The $.50 part required us to rip out walls to work
back to the T to do the repair.  Instead, I put a bucket downstairs in the
dining room to catch the drops for the next year.

Then, the 4" cast iron drain in the basement burst.  I don't put up with
crap in the basement.  We took the walls off down to the studs and replaced
100% plumbing and electrical.

We used Qwest/Pex for plumbing and paid $3000 for the labor if my memory
serves me well.  While we were at it, we added a bathroom and Jacuzzi.

That price is 8 or 9 years old yet might at least give you a data point.  I
can't recommend that plumber, though.  Suffice it to say there were "issues"
that never got resolved.

Regards,
 
Jim
 
Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
http://www.Neuse.Net
 
Connecting You to the World since 1997
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Paul Cory
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:59 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: [internetworkers] Repiping Recommendations
> 
> First, thanks to everyone for the help with the hot water heater.
> 
> Long story short, the water heater situation is back to diagosis mode
> because it turns out we had a set of leaks in a hot water pipe in our
> crawl space. Should having that fixed not fix the hot water problem, I
> now have the part on hand to replace the lower element.
> 
> However, this latest pipe break has convinced us that the time has
> come to repipe the house to eliminate the crappy polybutylene pipes.
> We figure that this will pay for itself in 4-6 years, given how often
> we've been having plumbers out.
> 
> Has anyone done this? What did it cost? Recommendations?
> 
> 
> Paul
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