01-29-2008, 12:41 AM
No idea about resale (but do not remember ever hearing the fact that copper or plastic was used in a house here, when we were looking for a place...)
We rented in lower HPP, on catchment, and own in downtown Keaau, on county water. Both homes had copper, both were 20+ years, and both had problems with pitting of the copper (the house we own had the plumbing replaced due to leaks a little over a decade ago & we are replacing it with CPVC due to the pitting that is in the 'newer' pipes. I think that the combo of salt & VOG (even the little we get here is very acidic) are hard on copper (all of our plumbing fixtures had interior & exterior etching, so even the brass is effected). Do not know how well CPVC will handle the combo, but that is what we are replacing the copper with (both are faily comp. in price here... with copper fittings a little easier to find, as CPVC fittings are out of stock more often).
We rented in lower HPP, on catchment, and own in downtown Keaau, on county water. Both homes had copper, both were 20+ years, and both had problems with pitting of the copper (the house we own had the plumbing replaced due to leaks a little over a decade ago & we are replacing it with CPVC due to the pitting that is in the 'newer' pipes. I think that the combo of salt & VOG (even the little we get here is very acidic) are hard on copper (all of our plumbing fixtures had interior & exterior etching, so even the brass is effected). Do not know how well CPVC will handle the combo, but that is what we are replacing the copper with (both are faily comp. in price here... with copper fittings a little easier to find, as CPVC fittings are out of stock more often).