Timeline for Must these old pipes be replaced?
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| Nov 19, 2021 at 22:04 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | This! PEX is awesome, and a ridiculously easy DIY job. You'd be stupid to pay someone anything to do this if you're strapped for cash. All you need is a ~$40 crimp tool, dirt cheap crimp rings, a few ~$1 joiners (straight and right angle), and the actual PEX pipe (very reasonably priced but I forget the cost per foot). | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 18:43 | comment | added | user101382 | Steel water pipes may also interfere with your ability to insure your house, or your rates can go up once you disclose your house contains steel water pipe. Steel pipes can corrode and leak very slowly over time, leading to very expensive insurance claims. Not disclosing this may also cause problems down the road. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 18:21 | history | edited | George Anderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2021 at 18:18 | comment | added | George Anderson | Based on J... and computercarguy comments I did some research. According to what I found on many sites, PEX is far less likely to burst than copper or iron if frozen, but it is possible given extreme freezing. I'll edit my answer to include that. Thanks for the comments. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 16:16 | comment | added | computercarguy | @J..., I can see how you can read it like that. I read that same sentence to say that PEX doesn't burst as easily as copper or iron. | |
| Nov 19, 2021 at 16:07 | comment | added | computercarguy | @J..., having a long length of pipe where one section freezes is a significantly different situation than a small section of pipe where the whole things freezes. I also have to wonder what would happen if the same lengths of iron or copper were subjected to those same tests. My gut says they would be more likely to fail. | |
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| Nov 17, 2021 at 23:26 | history | edited | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 17, 2021 at 22:28 | history | answered | George Anderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |