If your house went up in the 1980s, the most expensive thing hiding behind the drywall may not be knob‑and‑tube wiring or asbestos tile, but a gray plastic pipe that looked like the future when ...

Last year I heard about the $1-million class-action settlement against the manufacturer of gray plastic pipe used in mobile home plumbing. The manufacturer agreed to replace the pipes for people ...

Polybutylene plumbing is more commonly called "gray pipe plumbing." The question is, do you have it in your manufactured home? A recent TV program reminded me of the problem this plumbing has caused.

Q. I just laid an underground power line to my backyard workshop, and I ran the wires in white PVC pipe. The building inspector says I should have used gray PVC pipe, and he ordered me to dig a trench ...

Q: I went to buy some plastic drain pipe, and after looking at all the types I was confused. So I decided to do some research. I have several projects for which I need a plastic pipe. I need to add a ...