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Re:Lead drinking-water pipes must be replaced nationwide, EP... by Kirby64 on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @05:45PM (#41782110)
You’re over prioritizing an edge case while ignoring benefits, I’d say.

If you want to talk about blast radius: PEX is substantially more resistant to freeze bursting. What about houses that are poorly insulated, so they are prone to pipe freezes? Copper pipes would be ill advised in that situation. I assume the same houses that are prone to rodent infestations are also poorly insulated. Which is more likely to happen I suppose depends on your climate.

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Re:Lead drinking-water pipes must be replaced nationwide, EP... by rectang on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @12:47AM (#41784590)
Maybe I'll run it by my homeowner friend who suffered through the rat-chewed-PEX flooding that a PEX booster I came across considers her experience an "edge case". If I want to see her cry tears of blood, that is.

For good measure, I might also remind her that notwithstanding the flooding, the rats were a "major issue". Just in case she was confused about that!

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