I'm redoing my kitchen walls and windows in my home. I figured I might as well redo the plumping to, its the old galvanized stuff. I was at the local home supply store about to buy some copper pipe when I notice some pvc stuff, or something similar to it. Has anyone ever used this stuff before, and know about any of the pros and cons of using it. I've only used copper before and love the fact that its virtually maintenances free, but most of the work will be in the two foot tall crawl space and a jar of glue is a lot easier to work with then a torch.
The properly glued joints never gave us a bit of problem, although threaded is good to avoid where possible, especially inside walls! Teflon tape threaded joints, never use pipe dope on plastic fittings. I suggest that if any inline valves are used, don't get too cheap. I preferred true union ball valves if they were used enough to ever need replacing- never had to cut & glue to replace. If your pipes tend to rattle (water-hammer) then fix that first with an air reservoir; a dead leg stub pointing up teed into a horizontal run with enough volume to trap sufficient air- the air pressurizes because of water pressure & acts as a pressure buffer. A couple or three feet of 3/4" or 1" would probably help a lot if you actually have this issue. Plumbing can take a beating from water-hammer if bad enough and left long enough. This is true for any setup, but no less so plastic.