{"id":43,"date":"2016-03-18T08:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T08:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plumbingolympia.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2016-03-18T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:36:03","slug":"pex-vs-copper-cpvc-piping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/pex-vs-copper-cpvc-piping\/","title":{"rendered":"Pex vs. Copper & CPVC Piping – Which Is Best?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While technicians at White Knight Plumbing<\/a> can do repairs to any type of existing plumbing system, we use Pex piping and fittings to do most repairs and in all of our new construction projects.<\/p>\n

\"pex<\/p>\n

Here is why we use Pex Piping:<\/h2>\n

It is clean!<\/p>\n

Unlike metal piping pex is immune to corrosion and mineral build-up, also, it uses no glue\u2019s, solders or solvents to assemble which keeps potentially dangerous chemicals out of plumbing systems.<\/p>\n

It is efficient!<\/p>\n

Pex plumbing systems retain more heat in hot water lines and resist condensation on cold water lines. It will not burst in freezing conditions like metal piping will, which\u00a0causes costly repairs. It is not affected by electrolysis which can cause small pin hole leaks in copper piping.<\/p>\n

It is quiet and reliable!<\/p>\n

Pex piping dampens rushing water noise making a quieter plumbing system so no more pipes that sing, whistle or make\u00a0clunking noises in the wall or under the floor.<\/p>\n

It is proven and guaranteed!<\/p>\n

Pex piping has been around for more than 35 years with over 12 billion feet of tubing installed worldwide and is backed by a 25 year warranty when installed by a trained professional.<\/p>\n

Pex vs. CPVC and Copper\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PEX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CPVC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COPPER<\/p>\n

Resists corrosion,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO
\npitting and scaling<\/p>\n

Requires use of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES
\ntorches, glues, solvents<\/p>\n

Dampens rushing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO
\nwater noise, eliminates
\nclunking and singing pipes<\/p>\n

Retains heat in hot water\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO
\nlines and resists condensation
\non cold water lines<\/p>\n

Flexible, eliminating\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO
\nfittings and potential
\nleak points<\/p>\n

Freeze resistant\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While technicians at White Knight Plumbing can do repairs to any type of existing plumbing system, we use Pex piping and fittings to do most repairs and in all of our new construction projects. Here is why we use Pex Piping: It is clean! Unlike metal piping pex is immune to corrosion and mineral build-up, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumbingolympia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}