faulty copper pipes in a 4y old new home?

has anyone heard of copper pipes in a 4 yr old home having pinholes all through the house? i have already had to replace pipes that leaked and replaced sheetrock and problem still happening

Yes I have but not recently. It can be a number of reasons, faulty copper tubing,too much aggressive flux and not properly flushed out or aggressive water(It may be acidic). A metallurgist would be able to give the reason for the failure but dont keep messing with the pipework,renew the lot. It may be worth asking the neighbours if any of them have had problems the same and is their plumbing copper or plastic. I am in the UK and a small island just off the mainland called the Isle of Man has aggressive water and you are not allowed to use any brass fittings as they will eventually dissolve.

I've never heard of any entity government, local or federal that recommended replacing OLD metal piping with new copper pipes. To a great extent, the longevity of any pipes, other than plastic, like the new PEX stuff, is quite dependent on the quality or lack thereof, of the water in your particular area. I live in a house built in 1904, and most of it is still using good old galvanized pipe to supply water all over the place. We have plenty of pressure and flow out of both the old and the newer pipes which have been installed in the last 10-15 years. In the 40 years I've been working with plumbing, I've only seen two galvanized pipes that had rusted through to the point where there was actually a hole that leaked water. I have, however, seen a hundred copper pipes, most of them in walls, that have corroded small little pin prick holes in them and then sprayed all over the inside of the wall pocket between studs. That makes a mess of drywall and basement ceilings if they're finished. If you're seriously considering replacement of your pipes, I would very much recommend the new PEX materials. It's flexible enough to be installed very easily in places where pipes previously dared not go. I believe it's also less expensive than copper, by a bunch.

Gina, one of two things happened. Either the contractor who did the plumbing throughout your home used copper that was very old or the copper that he used, even though it may have been new, was defective. No way copper should be doing that at this point, 30 - 35 years down the road, maybe, now, no way. I'd take them to court. There's no way for you as a homeowner, to know about any of this sort of thing when you have a house built. You have to trust that the guys are doing the job correctly and using proper, NEW materials. More than likely, unless you have all the pipes replaced at once, you'll be fighting this problem as long as you live there.

250cc metho in 10L of 92 Octane will dissolve water and clean things out nicely. Methanol is different again and any serious content would demand re-jetting, but I doubt many can now afford it.

Yes I have but not recently. It can be a number of reasons, faulty copper tubing,too much aggressive flux and not properly flushed out or aggressive water(It may be acidic). A metallurgist would be able to give the reason for the failure but dont keep messing with the pipework,renew the lot. It may be worth asking the neighbours if any of them have had problems the same and is their plumbing copper or plastic. I am in the UK and a small island just off the mainland called the Isle of Man has aggressive water and you are not allowed to use any brass fittings as they will eventually dissolve.

I've never heard of any entity government, local or federal that recommended replacing OLD metal piping with new copper pipes. To a great extent, the longevity of any pipes, other than plastic, like the new PEX stuff, is quite dependent on the quality or lack thereof, of the water in your particular area. I live in a house built in 1904, and most of it is still using good old galvanized pipe to supply water all over the place. We have plenty of pressure and flow out of both the old and the newer pipes which have been installed in the last 10-15 years. In the 40 years I've been working with plumbing, I've only seen two galvanized pipes that had rusted through to the point where there was actually a hole that leaked water. I have, however, seen a hundred copper pipes, most of them in walls, that have corroded small little pin prick holes in them and then sprayed all over the inside of the wall pocket between studs. That makes a mess of drywall and basement ceilings if they're finished. If you're seriously considering replacement of your pipes, I would very much recommend the new PEX materials. It's flexible enough to be installed very easily in places where pipes previously dared not go. I believe it's also less expensive than copper, by a bunch.

Gina, one of two things happened. Either the contractor who did the plumbing throughout your home used copper that was very old or the copper that he used, even though it may have been new, was defective. No way copper should be doing that at this point, 30 - 35 years down the road, maybe, now, no way. I'd take them to court. There's no way for you as a homeowner, to know about any of this sort of thing when you have a house built. You have to trust that the guys are doing the job correctly and using proper, NEW materials. More than likely, unless you have all the pipes replaced at once, you'll be fighting this problem as long as you live there.

250cc metho in 10L of 92 Octane will dissolve water and clean things out nicely. Methanol is different again and any serious content would demand re-jetting, but I doubt many can now afford it.