I posted this over on professional plumbers site but figured worth sharing here:
Well, I’ve been an Uponor fan boy and own the tools and carry the training certificate.
A colleague got a call for some water leaking issues at a nine year old house and pulled out a number of leaking Uponor tube sections and they are scary bad cracks in the tube.
We are helping the homeowner pursue warranty RMA claims and the damage pieces are being sent to the Uponor labs.
But, I have to say, in the absence of anything abnormal at the house, this is red flag warning time.
From what I can see so far there is absolutely nothing wrong with the installation except on the return re-circ return loop pipe, Because it’s a Navien internal pump tankless, it should’ve been three-quarter return loop size and not half inch but that is not the issue because it’s not erosion that is the problem. The splits in the pipe are at the fitting joints and the fittings all look to be Uponor’s.
I will update when Uponor gets back to us.
Well, I’ve been an Uponor fan boy and own the tools and carry the training certificate.
A colleague got a call for some water leaking issues at a nine year old house and pulled out a number of leaking Uponor tube sections and they are scary bad cracks in the tube.
We are helping the homeowner pursue warranty RMA claims and the damage pieces are being sent to the Uponor labs.
But, I have to say, in the absence of anything abnormal at the house, this is red flag warning time.
From what I can see so far there is absolutely nothing wrong with the installation except on the return re-circ return loop pipe, Because it’s a Navien internal pump tankless, it should’ve been three-quarter return loop size and not half inch but that is not the issue because it’s not erosion that is the problem. The splits in the pipe are at the fitting joints and the fittings all look to be Uponor’s.
I will update when Uponor gets back to us.