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Originally Posted by kane
It was...oddly enough... a little of both. It was rigid but did have a little bend to it almost like it was heavy duty hose only it was made out of plastic. It was a light gray color and smooth to the touch. If you looked at it you would think it was gray PVC, but when you touch it it has a softer feel to it.
He told me the idea of it is good, but the problem with that product is that as it gets hot and cold throughout the seasons it gets very brittle and leaks pretty badly.
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Polybutylene.
Where did the leaks start, did you find out? Was it the connectors, or did the pipe itself start to crack?
What general part of the country do you live in? ahhh, portland - hmmm - so not brutally hot. Did you get a ton of freezes?
Polybutylene has both good points and bad points. I've seen it last "forever" - as in, not fail at all, and it's still sold here fairly heavily. But, it's not used as much as it once was, especially in new construction, because the connectors cant take the stresses that the pipe itself can take.
What did you replace it with?