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Knowing the types of plumbing pipes in your home lets you take steps to prevent leaks, flooding, and potential health hazards. Polybutylene is prone to breakage, but it can be replaced with PEX, as it was here. Image: ilovebutter/Flickr.
Most plumbers have a certain preference when it comes to choosing a type of tubing, and today more plumbers are reverting to PEX. PEX tubing is the obvious choice when deciding between the two types of pipe. CPVC has been held accountable for many problems in common residential plumbing systems. CPVCâs incapability to withstand many of the trials that PEX tubing goes through has made PEX the giant of the two by a landslide. PEX is more sturdy, reliable, resistant, and nearly the same price, depending on the manufacturer of CPVC.