06-15-2008, 01:06 PM
The same roll of PEX here would probably run at least three times the price. If they have it at all.
I generally don't trust anything new in the construction industry until it has been around for three or more decades. Twenty years from now folks may find out that one of the chemicals used in the materials is toxic or some such thing. I don't even like PVC, we redid our house in thick copper pipe but fortunately that was done before the huge price rise of copper.
A house should be built to last a minimum of 100 years so all materials and practices should err on the durable side.
I generally don't trust anything new in the construction industry until it has been around for three or more decades. Twenty years from now folks may find out that one of the chemicals used in the materials is toxic or some such thing. I don't even like PVC, we redid our house in thick copper pipe but fortunately that was done before the huge price rise of copper.
A house should be built to last a minimum of 100 years so all materials and practices should err on the durable side.
Kurt Wilson