Service piping - when different types were used

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PEX started to be used in North America as PB failures were reported. It became popular around 1995. PE-polyethylene PVC-polyvinylchloride PB-polybutylene 2010 PEX cross-linked polyethylene
lead
copper
galvanized steel
brass
PE-polyethylene
PVC-polyvinylchloride
PB-polybutylene
cross-linked polyethylene
PEX
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
YEAR
PEX started to be used in North America as PB failures were reported.
It became popular around 1995.

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This timeline charts the use of water service piping materials from 1900 through 2010. Bars show lead through approximately 1940, brass through the mid-1930s, and galvanized steel through 1950, with copper beginning in the early 1940s and continuing to the chart's endpoint. Plastic piping bars begin later: polyethylene in the mid-1960s, PVC near 1970, polybutylene in the late 1970s, and PEX around 1995. An annotation states that PEX began to be used in North America as polybutylene failures were reported and became popular around 1995. The illustration presents historical material-use periods rather than a physical piping installation.