Pex Pipes Promise Less Maintenance but Fittings Prove Prone to Failure
Pex tubing is a generic name for a type of flexible plastic plumbing tubing that recently has become popular with home builders. Pex tubes are a direct substitute for copper pipes and have advantages in cost and installation time because they are flexible, and do not require as many directional joints to get from the water source to the fixture. Pex tubing manufacturers and builders market these products to people building homes as being a worry-free replacement to the traditional copper tubing solution. Pex pipes are supposed to be less likely to fail because they can expand and contract more than traditional copper pipes, and they are resistant to deterioration. Many homeowners have chosen to install Pex plumbing systems in their homes only to find that these systems aren’t as ‘worry-free’ as they expected.
Pex Plumbing’s Achilles Heel - Brass Fittings
Although Pex tubing requires fewer directional joints than copper pipes do, they still require fittings to connect them to each other, or to water sources. The fittings that are commonly used with Pex tubing are made of brass and work by crimping the ends of the tubes of the fitting in a fashion similar to the way a garden hose is connected to a water source. The problems with these fittings stem from the fact that they are made of brass. While brass is normally corrosion resistant, it can lose this property by a process called “dezincification.” Many homeowners have found that the fittings in their new Pex systems have corroded within a short period after installation, and allowed gallons of water to escape, ruining thousands of dollars worth of building materials and/or furnishings.
Kitec Brass Fittings Failure
Seeger Weiss LLP is investigating claims of brass Pex pipe fitting component failures for a class action lawsuit. Many homeowners have reported problems with ‘Kitec’ branded brass fittings. These fittings may have been specified by the builder when installing a Pex plumbing system in a new home. Claims already have surfaced in Nevada, California and Washington State regarding Kitec brass fittings, but Seeger Weiss’ investigation is not limited to only these states. If you or someone you know has experienced a failure of a Pex plumbing system or have had corrosion issues with Kitec Brass fittings, please fill out the contact form below and a member of Seeger Weiss LLP's experienced staff will contact you to discuss your potential rights. Attorney consultations incur no obligation on your part, all initial consultations are free of charge and do not create an attorney-client relationship. Seeger Weiss LLP has office locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma and its attorneys are available to practice in courts throughout the country.
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