When evangelical 'christians' show up on your doorstep, do you reach for a broom or a fire hose?
We travel around a lot because of hubby's job. We lost one or two keys and our landlord just gave us new ones. We even misplaced a set just before moving out. It must have got packed. [lol] Our landlord did not charge us. One other time when we were charged for a new lock which was about 2 years ago it cost like $15. The landlord changed the lock himself. They are real easy to change
Ask your plumber about replacing them with PEX piping, it's much cheaper, quicker and does much less damage to the house. Either way will not be cheap, replacing copper with copper requires cutting out large pieces of sheetrock that will have to be replaced, it's time consuming and the material is more expensive, the PEX system is much quicker, cheaper and doesn't require that large holes be cut in your walls, there will still be holes cut, but they will be small and easy to patch. If I may,,, there are so many people that answer these questions that know very little about plumbing, I have been in the plumbing trade for over 30 years, as a plumber and as a plumbing inspector, I have a master plumbing license and a plumber inspectors license from the state of Texas, I have done every phase of plumbing from residential repairs to major commercial construction and I assure you, copper pipes can wear out, years of constant water moving though the system can cause them to wear thin and develop pinhole leaks, if a copper pipe is connected to a galvanized pipe it causes electrolysis in the system that will eat holes in the copper, if any acid flux was not cleaned off the pipe at installation it will eat holes in the pipe, they do wear out, this is not an unusual occurrence. As for replacing copper with PEX, the material may not be cheaper, but the labor cost of the job will be, PEX is much easier and quicker to replace, reducing the labor time by half, it is true that when the PEX system first came out there were some problems with the fittings and connections, but these problems have since been corrected. I would however, recommend that you get at least three estimates before having a job like this done and make sure you go with a reliable, established company that warranties their work.
