I have a very short question, but I will try to give as much background info as possible. We are renovating our home in north central Florida (winter temp can be in the low teens for a handful of nights a year and summer days can reach up to 140 degrees in some attics). The house was built in 1987 and is currently fitted with all copper piping. We are remodeling the house and decided to install an instant hot water heater. We received quotes from 3 different plumbers/gas installers and all of them said we should do an outside installation as opposed to an indoor installation. I think that was a mistake, but that is for a different thread.
Anyway, the plumber we eventually went with used CPVC. They really didn't ask us if we had a preference. They just did it. The CPVC was run to the outside water heater through the attic. The supply lines eventually run into the concrete slab in the kitchen. We need to move these lines a few inches (into the wall) in order to make the new range fit. The original copper lines stick up above the slab, outside of the wall; it seems when the house was originally framed, they either read the blueprint wrong or the framer missed his mark. We are essentially moving some pipes about 3" so that they are inside the wall where they come out of the slab. So they are using CPVC here also, which will be covered in concrete Monday, and our range and cabinets will placed on top of flooring (wood).
My unprofessional inclination would have been to just stick to one kind of piping in the house. Now it might be too late, but maybe not. There is still plenty more work to do (reconnecting sinks and stuff), and I can still decide on what goes in there, at the very minimum. But once the concrete is poured there is no going back.
Does anyone want to weigh in on whether we should switch back to copper or keep going with CPVC? My main concerns are: health reasons, fear of cracking due to weather, fear of releasing chemicals or breaking due to heat in the attic, fear of cracking under the concrete, fear of bad joints (copper to CPVC) leaking under the concrete in the kitchen.
I feel like we really messed up by not researching this earlier. We just sort of took the advice of our plumbers.
Thanks in advance.
Anyway, the plumber we eventually went with used CPVC. They really didn't ask us if we had a preference. They just did it. The CPVC was run to the outside water heater through the attic. The supply lines eventually run into the concrete slab in the kitchen. We need to move these lines a few inches (into the wall) in order to make the new range fit. The original copper lines stick up above the slab, outside of the wall; it seems when the house was originally framed, they either read the blueprint wrong or the framer missed his mark. We are essentially moving some pipes about 3" so that they are inside the wall where they come out of the slab. So they are using CPVC here also, which will be covered in concrete Monday, and our range and cabinets will placed on top of flooring (wood).
My unprofessional inclination would have been to just stick to one kind of piping in the house. Now it might be too late, but maybe not. There is still plenty more work to do (reconnecting sinks and stuff), and I can still decide on what goes in there, at the very minimum. But once the concrete is poured there is no going back.
Does anyone want to weigh in on whether we should switch back to copper or keep going with CPVC? My main concerns are: health reasons, fear of cracking due to weather, fear of releasing chemicals or breaking due to heat in the attic, fear of cracking under the concrete, fear of bad joints (copper to CPVC) leaking under the concrete in the kitchen.
I feel like we really messed up by not researching this earlier. We just sort of took the advice of our plumbers.
Thanks in advance.
