The switch from copper to plastic pipes surprised everyone, including the plumbers.

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Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

If you look at enough houses, you will see some with polybutylene pipes, a type of plumbing that has a history of leaks. As a home inspector, I see perhaps three such houses a week -- as many as a ...