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I appreciate your concern over what I said. My girlfriend is an estate and tax lawyer and had informed me that insurance companies are trying to drop homes built before 1960 that don't have copper as their pipe.

I have read about PEX but information is not complete out there.
PEX lasts exactly how many years?
Copper seems to last easily 50 years or more and has basically no breakdowns where joints are brought together.

So tell me a little about how PEX is connected and splits off, we know with copper there will be no leaks, but can we say the same thing with how PEX connects and splits? What connects one PEX line to another?

I believe that the problem is the old galvinized piping. I am aware of the situation you mentioned but the information I have says that they will insure homes with PEX as readily as ones with copper.

I don't know how long PEX will last. I do not see a lot of copper lasting 50 years. In many areas copper fails within 10 to 20 years. PEX already is lasting much longer than that. Industry experts say the expectancy is 100 years but that is not proven at this point.

There are a variety of connection systems used in PEX. I happen to not like the crimped system but the testing shows it to be good. I use brass fittings. I se Wirsbo, Rehau, and Kitec brands. Be aware that there are several grades of PEX out there but some of them I will not use because I do not trust them to hold up for the long haul. I hope I am wrong. Theoretically I am wrong but I choose to install what I KNOW will last.