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Man we're getting to be so cheap. In Canada we stopped minting pennies because copper was too expensive. Also those pex pipes they install in houses are proba
by gerbilly 9y ago
Man we're getting to be so cheap.
In Canada we stopped minting pennies because copper was too expensive.
Also those pex pipes they install in houses are probably popular because copper is expensive.
What's next, the return of aluminum wiring?
We had a week long blackout here a few years ago, my wall phone running off copper twisted pair was the only electrical thing working in the house.
I was glad, because I had better things to do than line up at starbucks to charge my cellphone like everyone else was doing.
Remember that ancient looking phone Adama was always shouting into on Batllestar Galactica? Maybe they were onto something.
That ship survived because it was the oldest ship in the fleet.
- RyJones 9y agoyou're right: one advantage to PEX is price of PEX itself. Other advantages: easier to install, no sweated joints, easy to color code, of no value to meth addicts. No sweating lowers the fire risk (which tbh is very low, but non zero). I suspect even if PEX cost 5x copper tubing, the TCO for PEX would still be lower over the lifetime of the plumbing. Shipping and moving around a spool of PEX is much easier than monkeying with a load of copper tubing. I wish the US would join Canada in dropping the penny.
- gerbilly 9y agoI'm not so sure about pex though. Seems like a cheap replacement to copper pipe. There have been defects causing lots of water damage. Plus I'm not sure i want my drinking water sitting in plastic all day picking up whatever chemicals they used to make the pipe. Copper is naturally antibacterial, and just seems safer to me, given that we've been using it for decades.