cpvc plumbing

[Cord]

Anybody have cpvc plumbing in their home? Can you taste or smell the plastic? Would you use it again?

 

[Got2BTru]

We have it an older home that we purchased. I can't taste or smell anything unusual. As for "would I use it again", I had planned on using pex when we built our next house, but it had nothing to do with the PVC here.

 

[oldpilgrim]

I used a lot of it in my previous home, for years. Never tasted anything. The only thing I didn't like was that there was a wait time when gluing the fittings, especially on hot water lines. It isn't glue and go like solder or newer materials.

Would I use it again? Probably not as it doesn't appear to be much less expensive than copper.

 

[Cord]

Actually, it's about half the cost of copper. That's why it's being considered. Need to be able to drain the system and pex sags so it could trap water and freeze. Besides, pex puts an odor into the water that I don't care for.

 

[kennyd]

Anybody have cpvc plumbing in their home? Can you taste or smell the plastic? Would you use it again?

Yes, No, Yes.
If your on a well, it's the best stuff to use IMHO.

 

[texas42]

Used cvpc in a house I built in 1991. No odor or funny taste.
Although I no longer live there, I know it's still in use with no problems.

 

[tbrooks26]

Alot of cpvc in houses around here. I have it in the house I'm in now, and no complaints. As to the sagging, I don't think it will perform much better that pex. Never heard anyone complain about odor or taste caused by their pipes (except iron), but have heard many caused by the water. I'm not a plumber, but I do quite a bit of it occasionally, and I pretty much only use pex, and have had no complaints. Imo if its installed and attached properly there shouldn't be any problems. If in doubt use a compressor to blow the lines, or a shop vac to suck them dry. I have also heard there is a new pex that won't bust when frozen, but I haven't looked into it, may just be a rumor.

 

[STx]

I have it on my hot water lines in both the suburban home and the cabin on our property, it doesn't leave any odor or taste. We have regular PVC for the cold water lines.

I'll probably go PVC/CPVC when we build something on the property, it's cheap, easy to work with and lasts just about forever.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I would strongly suggest PEX over CPVC. Would not use copper anymore (Not because it isn't good, it is just way to pricey.). One of our homes is PEX, one is Copper, I did the PEX myself and it was a great process. Didn't use Sharkbite because of the cost, just used the crimping tool.

I don't like CPVC due to freezing issues. Pex seems much more impervious to freezing.

 

[oldpilgrim]

A few years back when I was pricing CPVC vs copper, the price was minimally different. Copper prices have gone thru the roof so pricing is probably different now.

The pec tubing does have a taste for a while. After few weeks it disappeared. I put some in my parent's house a cuppla years ago. It tasted like licking a plastic shower curtain.