Discovered Polybutylene Plumbing after Home Inspection

[Bruce L.]

Hi everyone.

I just discovered that I have Polybutylene plumbing through my house that I put an offer on. From my research, it looks like if your house was built between 1978 to 1995, you may have that plumbing installed. They estimate that up to ten million homes have had this plumbing installed nationwide.

My question is what are you all doing when you discover it?

I got a decent deal on this house and the demand in Las Vegas is off the charts right now. I could back out of this deal if I wanted to, or re-plumb the entire house ($5k-$7k) or just leave it alone and roll the dice. All seems to be ok so far, the house was built in 1984.

The seller will not reduce the price nor fix the plumbing issue.

Thanks. :)