Polybutylene pipes are water supply piping made of plastic resin developed in the 1970s and used until the mid-1990s. They were used as a substitute for traditional copper piping in home constructions during this era due to their low cost,… Read More
Archive for the ‘Polybutylene Replacement’ Category
Water Service Replacement Dundalk
Alpha Plumbing replaced a water service for a customer in Dundalk with HDPE tubing. In the photos you can see the water service connections to the meter pigtail and at the home. You can also see the inside connections where… Read More
Water Service Replacement Baltimore
Alpha Plumbing performed a water service replacement for a customer in Baltimore. We drove a piece of copper pipe out through the wall and then used our pneumatic missile to pull the new water line from our first pit, to… Read More
Water Service Replacement – Baltimore
Alpha Plumbing replaced a water service for a customer in Baltimore. We jackhammered the concrete sidewalk to expose the pigtail on the meter pit. We then hammered a piece of copper pipe through the basement wall underground and into the… Read More
How to Notice Polybutylene Pipes in Your Home
Widely used in homes from 1978 to 1995, polybutylene (or PB) was widely used as supply piping. A substitute for copper due to its easy installation process and low material cost, many people saw it as an innovation in pipes… Read More
Moving into a Home with Polybutylene Pipes
Since the 1970s, millions of homes across the country were made with polybutylene piping, which was one of the many new building materials that were cheaper, lighter, and easier to produce than traditional metals. However, as these pipe systems started… Read More
How to Deal with Outdated Polybutylene Pipes
If you are a homeowner and have polybutylene pipes, you have to know everything about them. Polybutylene pipes are inexpensive, flexible pipes that were installed in millions of homes from 1978 to 1995. Although this was the go-to pipe choice… Read More
The Top Reasons to Remove Polybutylene Pipes
There’s a certain sinking feeling that comes along with realizing that a pipe has burst and your home is flooding. There are, thankfully, a whole host of ways to prevent this from happening to you. It can be simple tips… Read More
Polybutylene Pipe Replacement – Howard County
Alpha Plumbing replaced the indoor polybutylene waterlines in a home in Howard County. To minimize inconvenience to the homeowner, we sent enough manpower to complete the job in just one day! Check out a sampling of the new PEX waterlines… Read More
Polybutylene Repipe – Howard County
Replacing the polybutylene piping in your home can seem like a daunting task, but Alpha Plumbing aims to make the process as smooth as possible. We protect the floor with drop cloths, haul all debris from the site, and typically… Read More