Got a slow leak in the water supply line, it leaked about 10 CCF in 2 months (based on my water bill) and I see a puddle in the middle of my front yard where the water line is coming in from.
Previously there was a bigger leak and we found / patch it. The line is about 100 ft and most of it is under a concrete driveway. A underground line plumber told me PVC (schedule 40) is very prone to crack when they age (house build in 1994) and say if I want to replace I should use copper line.
Cost to fix the leak (replace section of PVC) $500-600
Cost to repipe to copper, going through front yard of neighbor instead of under concrete driveway $4500-5000.
I am not too concern about the cost but, I do not see a lot of people complaining about PVC water line on the internet, and the only one I see is about hot water and over pressure. On the other hand I do see people mentioning soil acidity may be a problem with copper line instead. On the other hand my tree stump removal guy said schedule 40 is very weak and no one use it anymore, and they all switched to schedule 80 now.
So, am i understanding correctly that PVC should last and copper may corrode (according to what I see it has a lifespan of 40-50 years), or PVC will crack underground and copper is more durable?
The house is behind another house and far away from the meter, hence the cost. If it is right next to the water meter a copper line replacement would have been around $2400.
Previously there was a bigger leak and we found / patch it. The line is about 100 ft and most of it is under a concrete driveway. A underground line plumber told me PVC (schedule 40) is very prone to crack when they age (house build in 1994) and say if I want to replace I should use copper line.
Cost to fix the leak (replace section of PVC) $500-600
Cost to repipe to copper, going through front yard of neighbor instead of under concrete driveway $4500-5000.
I am not too concern about the cost but, I do not see a lot of people complaining about PVC water line on the internet, and the only one I see is about hot water and over pressure. On the other hand I do see people mentioning soil acidity may be a problem with copper line instead. On the other hand my tree stump removal guy said schedule 40 is very weak and no one use it anymore, and they all switched to schedule 80 now.
So, am i understanding correctly that PVC should last and copper may corrode (according to what I see it has a lifespan of 40-50 years), or PVC will crack underground and copper is more durable?
The house is behind another house and far away from the meter, hence the cost. If it is right next to the water meter a copper line replacement would have been around $2400.