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Originally Posted by Bill8
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?
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yeah it was a T connector that failed. I found it pretty quick. The house has two bathrooms and in one I could hear running water one morning. It was coming from under the toilet. I got under the house and could see where the water was leaking from. It broke right were it connected to the T. The T sent the line up to be the fill for the toilet. We replaced it with straight PVC which my buddy said will have a good lifespan and was pretty fairly priced.
Our weather isn't too horrible here. We have a few weeks where it is very cold and a few weeks where it is very hot, but mostly it is mild. I would assume the stuff was original so it was getting close to being 30 years old.