If you look at enough houses, you will see some with polybutylene pipes, a type of plumbing that has a history of leaks. As a home inspector, I see perhaps three such houses a week -- as many as a ...

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 ...

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 ...