In most communities, plastic pipe is now allowed for residential water supply lines. The two most common types are CPVC (beige-colored piping joined with a solvent primer and then a plastic cement ...

Plastic has a higher resistance to bursting in freezing conditions. When water freezes in a copper line, the result is usually a burst pipe that can cause untold damage.

PVC plastic pipe is commonly used for drain lines, but only in recent years have communities allowed plastic for residential water supply lines. PEX is sometimes colored red for hot and blue for cold.

A switch to plastic water lines has not helped. Although significantly less expensive than their copper cousins, an unintended consequences is that detecting leaks has become more difficult.

$314,186 for Red Rock, to replace the plastic water line to Marian, and to install hydrants, and the wastewater line and lift station at the same time (because this area is at a lower elevation than ...

While water supply lines to refrigerators can be made of different materials like copper, plastic types and braided stainless steel, the good news is with adapters, most ice-maker supply lines ...