mystryda
New Member
I'm renovating a Cape Cod in Dayton, OH, including gutting a half and full bath. The house was built in 1940.
There's evidence of previous water damage, but I can't tell for sure if it's from the drain lines or copper lines, though I suspect the drain lines, since they're in worse shape. I need to change where some of the lines are anyway, and some of the copper has been damaged or is severely restricted (there's a lot of 1/2" thin-walled lines that look like they may have been pulled to replace iron pipe). Reworking the plumbing with copper would mean a lot of barrel connections in the wall because of going through studs. What do you all think of replacing all the copper with PEX? Just replace copper that's damaged or needs to be moved?
PEX would be easier to pull. Was thinking about doing 1/2" PEX homeruns to each fixture with a Manabloc manifold to avoid have joints in the walls. The water is relatively hard.
Thank you.
There's evidence of previous water damage, but I can't tell for sure if it's from the drain lines or copper lines, though I suspect the drain lines, since they're in worse shape. I need to change where some of the lines are anyway, and some of the copper has been damaged or is severely restricted (there's a lot of 1/2" thin-walled lines that look like they may have been pulled to replace iron pipe). Reworking the plumbing with copper would mean a lot of barrel connections in the wall because of going through studs. What do you all think of replacing all the copper with PEX? Just replace copper that's damaged or needs to be moved?
PEX would be easier to pull. Was thinking about doing 1/2" PEX homeruns to each fixture with a Manabloc manifold to avoid have joints in the walls. The water is relatively hard.
Thank you.