Thank you Hallett!

@millworkman, @_sophiewheeler, any thoughts?

I had CPVC cost me a 20K liability insurance claim, the only one of my career, but that was the old stuff. I wouldn't change it.

Thank you for your feedback! I have decided to keep CPVC pipes and get a pressure test done to ensure no leaks.

Ironically, I’m considering having my new Pex plumbing changed to CPVC because after it made the tap water taste funny I found out that it’s permeable, uninsulated, restricts water pressure, promotes the growth of bacteria, and leaches questionable chemicals.

" Ironically, I’m considering having my new Pex plumbing changed to CPVC because after it made the tap water taste funny I found out that it’s permeable, uninsulated, restricts water pressure, promotes the growth of bacteria, and leaches questionable chemicals. "

I think you have been reading too many less-than-accurate web sites.

-It is permeable, but the restrictions on that are not to bury it or have it in a contaminated environment. Otherwise it's a non-issue.

-All plumbing is uninsulated. That's why they make pipe insulation

-Restricts water pressure: Nope.

-Promotes growth of bacteria: Nope

-Leaches questionable chemicals: Stainless steel is probably the only plumbing that doesn't leach something. Copper does, brass does, CPVC does, California - which finds "cancer causing materials" in virtually everything -- approves PEX, as do European countries that are very stringent about such things. Of course it's been tested and approved by NSF, etc.