Jeff H Young
In the Trades
thanks for letting us know really sucks to have a problem like this.Yes. all the 'same'. Cracks at the expanded end at point of connection. Nightmare for homeowners.
thanks for letting us know really sucks to have a problem like this.Yes. all the 'same'. Cracks at the expanded end at point of connection. Nightmare for homeowners.
Understand your point- I do think it has to be somewhat rare. I have a friend who works for one of the major mass home builders in Denver and they have installed nothing but Uponor for years- and this was all news to him. Don’t get me wrong- I am not happy about my pipe failing and I do think it’s Uponor’s fault- but I’m hoping it was limited to a bad batch and not just an overall product flaw.if the number of people with problems are represented in this forum the problem might be really small. Take some body like you , you just joined im guessing because you googled something and here you are thios is only 97 posts probebly like 15 people out of 10s of thousand or 100s of thousands of homes . if i had a problem with my brand new car gtrtansmission blowing up Id google it and find like 10 guys that bought the same car complaining of the issue out of a million cars all of us would be on some site together thinking there are millions of POS cars out there. and then we can all find a you tube by some nut job with false claims .
Lcssmu, I dont mean to minimize and sympathy for the inconvieniance I just dont know if the perspective on the problem is accurate and I think there is some either false or misleading info about Uponor.
Tell us about the remedy youy said an entire repipe ? using what type of material brand? type a type b . copper type L maybe a good choice?
I was told confidently that it was just the red and blue versions that had issues.
Plumbers that use uphonor seem to be part of one big cult. Replacing leaking pipes and repiping with the same brand product? I mean, where else would that happen? I can't understand why anyone would keep using a product that has been known to leak and the company has been paying for repiping for people's homes. Brand loyalty is one thing, but there's no way I would risk it.
and Boshart Stainless Steel fittings. Love the sweeping stainless 90's they have. All at a fraction of one reroute by a licensed plumber LOL.
Not really. Compared to one reroute at $2500 smackers, the job was cheap. I did the 4 reroutes myself. Basically copied what was done by a real plumber. Did put more insulation where possible. I used the Sioux Chief copper manifolds too. All the parts at my retail price came in way under one reroute. Not even close.Wow, pricey stuff! I really like the sweep 90s. Too bad they didn't make multi port fittings.
Did you do the repipe yourself?
John
Understand your point- I do think it has to be somewhat rare. I have a friend who works for one of the major mass home builders in Denver and they have installed nothing but Uponor for years- and this was all news to him. Don’t get me wrong- I am not happy about my pipe failing and I do think it’s Uponor’s fault- but I’m hoping it was limited to a bad batch and not just an overall product flaw.
As I mentioned we have re piped the entire home, but the plumbers used new clear Uponor aqua pex . In retrospect I would have picked a different product but when we started I was told confidently that it was just the red and blue versions that had issues. Photo attached of just one room. They all look like this.
I think its more than brand loyalty , they like the bendability charactoristics of type A , and how you join it with expansion rings and the fact the Id on the expansion fittings are larger than crimp joint type fittings of other brands . my home is 23 years old Uponor never had a problem . Do you think thats unusual ? there are over a million homes built per year maybe 90 percent pex or at least 80 .Plumbers that use uphonor seem to be part of one big cult. Replacing leaking pipes and repiping with the same brand product? I mean, where else would that happen? I can't understand why anyone would keep using a product that has been known to leak and the company has been paying for repiping for people's homes. Brand loyalty is one thing, but there's no way I would risk it.
I used the Sioux Chief copper manifolds too.
At that time, I chalked it up to old copper with an on paper lifespan of 50 years. Just bought an oil filled water pressure gauge. At the time I checked it was 74PSI. That is on the high end. No wonder with 50 year old copper (at that time) and high pressure we had pin holed copper pipes.You said you had numerous copper leaks under the slab, did you ever find out what caused the copper failures before using copper in your reroutes?
I’m in Marietta with the same age house and problems.@Jessmaster006 - I’m having the same PEX pinhole leak issues in my 2016 built home. I’m out towards Acworth/Dallas area. By chance, would you be willing to share the names of the companies you obtained quotes from. I’d like to give them a call to get estimates also.
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