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Plumbing!! Zurn QPEX Fittings

 

It seems like mankind has never devised a “perfect” way to carry water into houses.  We had many fewer issues before we attempted “indoor plumbing.”
Recently, I worked with a buyer in Wake Forest, NC.  Heritage community, and they bought a very nice house.
In the course of home inspections, Scott Makseyn, the inspector, came out from under the house and said, “Mike, you know you have Zurn QPEX fittings?”
Nope.  I didn’t know and didn’t know why it mattered.
Apparently, there is a higher incidence of waterline failure due to corrosion of the fittings.
“Ugh.”
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We were fortunate to have an agreeable seller who offered adequate funds to replace the plumbing in the house.
Cary Plumbing did the turnkey replumbing job and I have a happy client.  The plumbers were helpful enough that they saved a box of fittings from the house for “Show and Tell.”
For years, I have crawled under houses for my buyers, trying to learn if they were getting Polybutylene piping.  Now, I have an additional concern, and find myself getting under even more houses.
So it goes…..

 

3 thoughts on “Plumbing!! Zurn QPEX Fittings

  1. Thanks so much for this! I’m a broker in Asheville exactly this same issue . The picture you posted explains alot. I would really like to talk to you if possible.

    Bill

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