My partner always did our plumbing, and she hated the job, although she did it fairly well, however last year, she changed all the pipes in the house.
She said plastic pipes would not rust or corrode plus need changed as often.
She told me both of us would save money on leak repairs by putting in the plastic drain pipes, however two weeks after putting in the current pipes, both of us had a leak. She could not understand why the pipes were leaking. She called her friend, who was a plumber, plus asked him to come over. After looking at the pipes my partner installed, she said she did a fantastic job, although she wanted to think where the orange pipe glue was, but my partner looked confused plus asked what she was talking about. Her neighbor told him that when using plastic pipes, you had to wipe the pipe with alcohol plus then apply this orange stuff that aromaed horrible, but helped the pipes to bond… It was a staple in every plumber’s bag… John reminded her neighbor she wasn’t a plumber, plus she didn’t think this. She said there are such things as directions. Had she called him plus asked for help with the plumbing repairs plus replacement, she would have told him the necessity for the orange glue plus other things that needed done, but now, they had to take all the pipes apart plus use the proper materials to put them back together. John did an amazing job of putting the plumbing together, just not in how she joined them to keep them from leaking. She didn’t save as much money on leak repairs as she thought she had.