You likely won't be able to sell the house without replacing it ...

and I doubt the cost will drop anytime soon. I had that done under the Dupont settlement in my first townhouse in 1996 (I think). Fortunately it was amazingly quick - the pipes were replaced in literally one day. It took another day and a half for the painters to repair the drywall and paint but I was shocked at how quickly we were in copper.

In response to this post by Hurley09

Posted: 11/17/2021 at 1:25PM

Getting estimates to re-pipe the townhouse. Got those shiRtty polybutylene -- Hurley09 11/17/2021 1:16PM

House at OBX has it and have been gradually replacing myself -- turkeywinghokie 11/17/2021 11:16PM

I was fortunate to have it all replaced under some nationwide fix at no -- ColoVT82 11/17/2021 3:57PM

Yup. Original owner could've done that. Oh well. ** -- Hurley09 11/17/2021 4:06PM

We have those same damn pipes. I think we've had leaks in 3 different -- AbsolutVT03 11/17/2021 2:53PM

Did my whole house couple years ago including a new line from the street to -- AZHokie59 11/17/2021 2:45PM

Just got a quote for $6k, including patching repair and inspection. This -- Hurley09 11/17/2021 2:51PM

Mine was for 2 stories including what you said. Wish I could do it over -- AZHokie59 11/17/2021 3:03PM

Stupid me, could have had it replaced for free when I first bought the -- AZHokie59 11/17/2021 2:48PM

Look into the Class Action Lawsuit and claims process. -- swordsman1 11/17/2021 2:27PM

Used to be able to do that, but the company went bankrupt and no cash no -- Stork 11/17/2021 2:38PM

Yup. First plumber that came to repair a pinhole leak told us about this -- Hurley09 11/17/2021 2:52PM

I worked in Homeowners claims mgt for years and that Quest pipe was a -- Stork 11/17/2021 2:57PM

I'd never heard of polybutylene. I thought you meant PEX at first -- Tafkam Hokie 11/17/2021 2:19PM

You likely won't be able to sell the house without replacing it ... -- vt90 11/17/2021 1:25PM

You can't tell them and sell it - but you can always sell it ** -- bigbadbird 11/17/2021 2:25PM

You could sell a house with termites in this market ** -- Brown Water 11/17/2021 1:39PM

^^ Can't argue with that ^^ ** -- vt90 11/17/2021 1:42PM

Tape can fix alot of things ** -- bigbadbird 11/17/2021 1:24PM

Flexseal baby! ** -- vt90 11/17/2021 1:26PM

You likely won't be able to sell the house without replacing it ...

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