whole-house repiping in Cincinnati, OH<\/a> or wherever you are in our wide service area. The pipe materials we use to replace aging pipes are copper and different types of plastic.<\/p>\nIs one type better than another?<\/h2>\n
Copper and the most common plastics pipes (CPVC and PEX) have their own advantages and disadvantages. Plumbers will favor one type or the other for different jobs. During a professional repiping, you can expect a combination to be put into place.<\/p>\n
Copper<\/h3>\n
Copper pipes are used the most often, and for a whole-house repiping, you can expect copper pipes to be dominant in replacing most main pipes as well as the sewer line. Copper is a durable metal that\u2019s corrosion-resistant. (It\u2019s not, we have to point out, corrosion proof<\/em>. Chemicals in the water and low pH levels may lead to a specific type of corrosion called pitted corrosion<\/em> that affects copper.) Copper has little danger of placing toxins into drinking water. It\u2019s lightweight and easier for plumbers to work with, which cuts down on labor costs. It can tolerate large changes in temperature.<\/p>\nPlastics<\/h3>\n
CPVC, PEX, and UPVC are the types of plastic plumbers work with most frequently, and each has special uses and situations they\u2019re ideal for. In general, plastic offers flexibility that makes installation into tighter spaces much easier, and they\u2019re often favored for hot water lines. The material is inexpensive, which helps to rein in costs. Plastic pipes are also durable, which customers find surprising\u2014they can last as long as many metals. Older plastic pipes tended to become brittle and sag, which has given plastic a negative reputation in some circles. However, this isn\u2019t an issue with recent piping material such as CPVC.<\/p>\n
Professional Plumbers Know the Right Materials<\/h2>\n
This may sound like it\u2019s too complicated to make an accurate decision on your own about what pipes to use as replacements (or for new installations). You\u2019re absolutely right about that! It takes years of training to perform even minor pipe replacement work. If you attempt to replace pipes on your own, or if you trust the job to amateur, you may end up with plastic pipes that can\u2019t handle the work or awkward and expensive copper pipes in the wrong places. The job will also take much longer to complete than necessary\u2014all for subpar results.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re a full-service plumbing contractor in business for more than 45 years, and we work with both residential and commercial plumbing. You can put your full confidence in us for repiping services that will make sure you have the right pipe materials.<\/p>\n
Ken Neyer Plumbing, Inc. has served Greater Cincinnati and the surrounding Tri State area<\/a><\/strong> since 1972. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pipe materials we use to replace aging pipes are copper and different types of plastic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81],"tags":[87,54,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neyerplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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In the ol\u2019 days of residential and commercial plumbing, the most common materials for piping were cast iron, clay, and galvanized steel. If you have a home that was built before 1970, you may have galvanized steel pipes in many places\u2014if not for your entire plumbing system. Even earlier-built houses (pre-World War II) can have cast iron pipes and a clay sewer line.<\/p>\n