Q: Our home has polybutylene water pipes and we’re afraid this will prevent us from selling the property. We’ve never had any plumbing problems, but our neighbors have had several major leaks. Do you ...

Q: When we bought our house, the home inspector said we have copper water pipes. This turned out to be incorrect. Two plumbers have determined that are polybutylene plastic. They say these lines ...

Nothing strikes fear in a homeowner’s heart like the drip, drip, drip or gurgle of leaky pipes in your abode. While some leaks might be no big deal, others might require a full replacement of all the ...

If you’ve had leaky pipes and your house was built during the 1980s and early 1990s, you might qualify for a plumbing replacement at no cost to you, as a result of a class-action lawsuit settlement ...

On a sticky afternoon during northern Australia's 2021 build-up season, Edith Heiberg returned home to find her ceiling weeping with water. Plumbers are fixing leaks from polybutylene pipes multiple ...

Polybutylene plumbing is more commonly called "gray pipe plumbing." The question is, do you have it in your manufactured home? A recent TV program reminded me of the problem this plumbing has caused.

For homeowners with leaky or bursting plastic plumbing, relief may be less imminent — and less extensive — than some attorneys had hoped. A Houston judge last week threw out a $750 million ...