Which is better for water supply lines for re-plumbling my Timber framed home built in the early 1800s?

[humanearth]

Yes, my home is very old, its even older then the state of Wisconsin where I live.

My house first got indoor plumbing in 1985 and they used galvanized treaded steel pipe in the house

Since I am remodeling my bathroom and it's the only room that has running water.

The kitchen does not have running water. You have to carry bucket of water to the sink. The kitchen was never plumbed for running water. (Well it will once I'm done)

So I am re-plumbling my entire home and I thought what would some of you homeowners or plumbers would chose.

So what material for the plumbing would you recommend?

[Anonymous]

Weird shit this topic is in this section.

Am a landlord to several properties, a few of them are old, very old by US standards as it was first erected during colonial times.

Plumbing? I have stainless steel, copper and PEX pipes. Was a big fan of copper pipes as they were considered the best of the best until they started becoming expensive and also in the last 10 years the quality of them have become rather crappy, many China made shit on the market and if it's a plumber that's doing it you won't even realize you were supplied with these cheap shit grade coppers.

I now go for PEX only, if done right it would last well past your time on this earth, much cheaper when compared to copper and contrary to popular believe plumbers that can work with copper isn't all that plentiful out there any more, not too difficult to find an idiot that overtightens fittings.

[Anonymous]

In the UK we use copper pipe for pressured water inputs and pvc for drainage, these are certainly good choices, it works and lasts a long time etc.

I would certainly look into PEX as an alternative though, that may well be a very good choice, if I were doing it I would do my homework on this option and if i felt that I could go down that road then i would.

Steel just seems like a bad option to me. Steel rusts so why would you ever put steel and water together? No, that's silly.

[TrueConfection]

PEX 100%! The trick is to bring the tubing inside and let it warm up. Then it's flexible. It was made so you wouldn't need a bazillion 90s, but most plumbers want to treat it like copper tubing with blue goo.

[TrueConfection]

Thanks for the MHO ❤

[Msputiton]

Dang. Idek🤔

But as for your update. Gag is so pervy that even the algorithm is perverted

[OatmealMuffin]

If I choose the category, it's wrong. If the GAG algorithm chooses the category, it's wrong. We might as well just have one giant category. lol

[OlderAndWiser]

Do you need to get a permit? If so, you need to know local code requirements. Otherwise, I would ask a few local plumbers to make a recommendation for plumbing lines that are most likely to withstand your winter freezes.

G@G has an algorithim that searches for key words and automatically places those posts in the sexuality category. Obvous words like cowgirl and vagina would trigger the algorithim. Perhaps the word "bathroom" leads to the same result.

[humanearth]

Bathrooms have been the newest trigger lately

[SnowedIn]

Absolutely PEX.

[exitseven]

I had my summer home done a few years ago. It had a combinatioon of mostly copper but there was some PVC. Every fall I would drain the pipes and every spring there would always be two or three leaks anyway. I had the whole thing done with PEX and have had no problems. Ii is very forgiving as far as freezing is concerned and is waranteed for 30 years.

[exitseven]

re Update: Plumbing is very sexual in a Freudian way

[SawerBrown]

Plubers here rarely use copper for supply lines anymore. Pex is cheaper, quicker and safer/lasts forever. It's also used for in concrete radiant heat and snow/ice melting. The drains are all either abs or pvc here. As is the exhaust and intake vents for natural gas furnaces.

[Likes2drive]

Pex pipe because it doesn’t break from freezing water but I use copper in spots where I need rigid pipe support where it’s exposed in the room itself or on the burner. I would never use steel pipe or pvc for that

[Likes2drive]

I was in construction for 10 years before driving trucks so I’m quite experienced in all the the construction fields and trades , I did mostly electrical and my brother did all plumbing for 15 years but he had to leave for disability reasons

[Surely]

Copper is the best, but most expensive. Lasts a couple of lifetimes.
PEX is quick and easy.
PVC takes more time than PEX. What you use is a matter of time, cost and preference.
After the Ohio train wreck. You may decide against PVC!

[humanearth]

Okay, I'll bite What does a train wreck in Ohio and PVC have in common?

[Surely]

What was the hazardous material that was burning that is getting all of the attention? I guessing that in the state of California. It is considered cancer causing by leaching out of the pipe. I only use PVC for drainage.

[jackinoff]

I did some work with pex. It's pretty easy to work with. A lot cleaner to work with then pvc that's for sure