If you’ve never heard of polybutylene piping, chances are you’ve never needed a major plumbing renovation in your house. Polybutylene is often called “poly,” “Poly B,” or “PB.” These days, it no ...

The plumbing in your house may be a leak waiting to happen, especially if pipes are made of polybutylene. It is a big problem, but homeowners who have had leaks are entitled to a big solution.

Jim and Charlie Rourke thought their new southeast Fort Collins home was nearly perfect. Then they hired an inspector to check it out. “He walked into our furnace room, shone his flashlight and said, ...

Q: Our home has polybutylene water pipes and we’re afraid this will prevent us from selling the property. We’ve never had any plumbing problems, but our neighbors have had several major leaks. Do you ...

For homeowners with leaky or bursting plastic plumbing, relief may be less imminent — and less extensive — than some attorneys had hoped. A Houston judge last week threw out a $750 million ...

ATLANTA — Class-action lawyers sent out yet another notice in late September that owners of houses, mobile homes and other structures with polybutylene plumbing systems and acetal plastic insert ...

An estimated 40,000 Maryland homeowners who have faulty polybutylene plastic plumbing have five weeks to stake their claim to a $950 million national settlement — one of the largest property ...

On a sticky afternoon during northern Australia's 2021 build-up season, Edith Heiberg returned home to find her ceiling weeping with water. Plumbers are fixing leaks from polybutylene pipes multiple ...

K L Contractor Plumbing Inc has released an informative blog that addresses one of the most common questions homeowners ask about plumbing and property coverage: whether homeowners insurance covers ...

San Antonio is suing plastic water-pipe manufacturers for $50 million in a case that could be important to Chicago where an ordinance to approve the use of plastic water pipes in homes is pending in ...