It’s a pleasure to recommend John Henry as a home inspector. I personally used his service buying my homes and always recommend his service to my clients.

Mike Skvortsov Personal Reak Estate Corporation . One percent realty LTD.

(604) 644-6430.

I will re-post his message.

"POLYBUTYLENE

To Whom it May Concern…

The original polybutylene that exists appears to have been professionally installed with proper installation methods, using correct crimping pressure & utilizing copper couplings & connectors and appears in good & normal condition,

then it will continue to provide normal ongoing water supply for still an undetermined period of time.

It is my opinion, with 35 years of doing 1,000’s of inspections, that residential use of polybutylene has been (& continuous)to have been given a ‘bad wrap’…

to say that it fails by splitting, corrosion, deterioration under normal pressure & use is, I believe, a falsehood of misinformation…

Where as the fault with most all polybutylene applications lies with the improper installation methods utilizing plastic or polybutylene couplings, along with the improper crimping pressure, the cause of which resulted in cracks & splitting at the joints of the polybutylene tubing…

this theory is supported by the fact that the polybutylene water lines have always been seen to remain in normal good condition…

You are welcome to pass this information to any insurance company and or anyone else…

Here’s what Poly B looks like after removal from a 37-year-old renovation…absolutely still in great condition…

Call any time…

Kind regards

John H.

John Henry RHI CIBI NCH

Senior Building Inspector

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MR. INSPECTOR

Building & Home Inspection

Commercial-Residential-Strata-Heritage

Consumer Protection License No 47844

Vancouver & Lower Mainland