Polybutylene pipe discovered during home inspection

[Anonymous]

We owned an 80's house and had the piping replaced back in the 90's. It really was not a big issue at all, but my advice is to be sure that they do a good job of sealing around the pipe where it leads into your house (ours lead into the side of a basement wall). We had leaking issues during rains after the pipe replacement and the contractor had to return and put concrete around the pipe to stop water from coming in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. Thank you all for your responses. We did go back to the seller asking for the comp. We are not asking for any other items on the home inspection report but just to replace PB pipe.

IF the current PB pipe is working, does the seller still have to disclose for any future sale?

Our pipe was still working perfectly. But any home inspection worth anything would catch it. The pipe is bright blue - no others are. Our inspector called it "Big Blue." It's a common find in homes of a certain age.

[Anonymous]

I had this done about 18 years ago. There is a huge difference in what I was quoted. Find someone who will pull the pipe thru with a backhoe. I got. Quotes from 1200 to 6000 when I got estimates. I wnt with the plumber who pulled the pipe thru with the backhoe for 1260, and then I joined a class action suit and all was taken care of except the cost of the copper piping. It may be too late with the class action suit, but I would look into it.