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7/22/2013 2:44:50 PM

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Section 23: OPA Elections
Subject: Trash & Flooding Msg# 863169

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Judy Dildy

Joined 6/7/2007

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Jack Barnes (Read) Focus On The Pines

Joined 5/12/2004

Polybutylene brings back bad memories! When I had a townhouse in Montgomery County in the 90's, I went downstairs around 5 am to see water pouring from the ceiling in my living room. It was literally raining! I immediately called for help to get the situation resolved and someone told me about the "Plumbers Hotline". They were set up to handle all of the complaints and after some months without a ceiling in my living room, they replumbed my entire house and replaced drywall and carpeting as needed.

While I was looking at homes in Ocean Pines in 98, I was careful to make sure they didn't contain Polybutylene plumbing. There was one home I would have been happy to purchase until I checked the plumbing.

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
Chip, thanks for some great info. Would you mind answering a couple of questions? Bow Down

Blue plastic water pipe (Polybutylene) was used extensively in construction from 1978 - 1995.

Does that mean if your home was built prior to 1978 it most likely would not be subject to a line cracking? I also infer from your statement that the line from the meter to the home has a better quality pipe? Shrug

What we are experiencing now is that the county is only repairing the pipe where it breaks, not replacing the whole segment until after multiple patches.

As frustrating as these water line breaks have become is it fair to say that the patchwork repairs are the only option at this point and complete replacement of all blue pipe is too expensive? Is there any financial merit to completely replacing each blue line when it cracks as opposed to just cutting out the crack and repairing it? If just repaired won't it be subject to cracking again in the future? Shrug

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