Leaking Polybutylene Piping

On a recent Boise Home Inspection I came across a leaking pipe in the crawl space. The home had Polybutylene piping for the pluming. This leak had been going for some time. It was on the hot water line which is the typical place Polybutylene piping has issues. Not only was there leaking water causing damage to the wood in the crawl space, the hot steam was working its way up into the home causing microbial contamination in, under and behind carpet and sheetrock.