Polybutylene

If you’ve discovered that your home has polybutylene pipes, it can be a scramble trying to figure out what to do about this ticking time bomb. Replacing part or all …

Polybutylene pipes are well-known in the plumbing world, but not for good reasons. They are a danger to the home and homeowner.  Being so well-known, insurance companies likely have provisions …

I recently purchased a new home. Circumstances meant that I didn’t get a proper look at the place before I bought it, and I now face a few more renovations …

Although polybutylene pipes were initially regarded as a miracle product, as time went on, it was more and more apparent that polybutylene pipes had one big problem. It is important …

Polybutylene (PolyB) crimp rings seem to be much harder to source alone (not as part of an adapter set) than PEX rings. As such, it would be so much more …

Property disclosure statement for existing polybutylene pipes in residential houses

If your home was built or remodeled between the 1970s and the late 1990s, it’s possible your pipes are made from polybutylene. Those odds increase if you live on the …

Polybutylene pipes, although they seemed like a miracle product that was both flexible and strong, experienced massive failures a decade or so after installation in many homes. Failure is inevitable, so …

The polybutylene (PB or Poly-B) piping boom began in the 1970s and spanned over two decades until the faults of the material were discovered. It was installed in millions of …

In the 1970s and 1980s, polybutylene (also called Poly-B or PB) pipe was commonly used in North American plumbing. PB pipe, made of plastic resin, was popular because it was …